Legal Opinion

Chesterfield County v. Hall's Ex'or

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 19, 1885PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error to the judgment of the circuit court of Chesterfield county rendered May 20th, 1882, on an appeal from the county court of said county, wherein a judgment had been rendered October 22nd, 1880, on an appeal from the board of supervisors of said county, on a claim presented to the said board by L. L. Lester, the executor of Wilkins Hall, deceased, founded on a bond alleged to have been issued by the said county court on the 9th day of June, 1862, for $2,000, loaned to…

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Error to the judgment of the circuit court of Chesterfield county rendered May 20th, 1882, on an appeal from the county court of said county, wherein a judgment had been rendered October 22nd, 1880, on an appeal from the board of supervisors of said county, on a claim presented to the said board by L. L. Lester, the executor of Wilkins Hall, deceased, founded on a bond alleged to have been issued by the said county court on the 9th day of June, 1862, for $2,000, loaned to the said county by the said Hall, to purchase salt, under the act of the general assembly, passed May 9th, 1862. The board…

1Opinion of the Court

EaüNTLBROY, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to an order of the circuit court of Chesterfield, entered 20th day of May, 1882, in a proceeding on appeal from the county court of Chesterfield, wherein L. L. Lester, executor of Wilkins Hall, deceased, was appellant, and the county of Chesterfield was appellee. The record presents the following case':

On the 18th December, 1878, L. L. Lester, as the executor of Wilkins Hall, deceased, presented for payment to the board of supervisors of Chesterfield county, a claim for $2,000, with interest from 9th of June, 1862,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pulaski County v. Stuart, Buchanan & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1877
  2. Dinwiddie County v. Stuart, Buchanan & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1877

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. County Court v. BrammerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  2. Cropper v. CommonwealthGeneral Court of Virginia · 1843
  3. Cropper v. CommonwealthGeneral Court of Virginia · 1843
  4. Cropper v. CommonwealthGeneral Court of Virginia · 1843
  5. Phippen v. DurhamSupreme Court of Virginia · 1852

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