Webb's Trustee v. Lynchburg Shoe Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Lynchburg in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Mrs. D. A. Webb ivas a retail shoe dealer in the city of Roanoke, the business being actually conducted, however, by her husband, S. B. Webb. On October 1, 1902, she sold her entire stock of goods and book accounts to D. R. Beale & Company for $7,500, without having made an inventory of her property. The proceeds of the sale were distributed as follows: To the George D. Witt Shoe Company the sum of $3,100; to the Rational Bank of Roanoke, Va., $2,000, and to the Lynchburg Shoe Company the sum of $2,000, in full of their respective debts; and the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Githens v. ShifflerDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1902
- Warren v. MoodySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Metropolitan Nat. Bank v. RogersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1893
- Johnston v. George D. Witt Shoe Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1905
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- Surratt v. EskridgeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
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