Paxton v. Steele's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Rockbridge county, rendered March 29, 1888, in a chancery cause therein pending under the short style of Luckess’ Ex’or, for, &c., v. J. G. Paxton’s Adm’r. The decree being adverse to Mrs. Annie M. Paxton, one of the parties’ to the cause, she appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
In April, 1869, the appellant, Mrs. Annie M. Paxton, became the purchaser, for $12,000, of a certain house and lot in the town of Lexington, at a judicial sale thereof, made under a *312decree in the chancery cause of Luckess’ Ex’or v. Paxton et als., pending in the circuit court of Rockbridge county; and after making the cash payment required by the decree of sale, she executed her four bonds to Joseph Gr. Steele, general receiver of the court, who was also the commissioner of sale, for the sum of $2,918 20 each, payable, respectively, at six,…
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