Legal Opinion

Exchange Building & Investment Co. v. Bayless

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided February 14, 1895PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Roanoke, pronounced November 18, 1893, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants.

1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Boanoke, in a cause wherein the Exchange Building and Investment Company was plaintiff, and the Yirginia Finance Company, Wm. H. Bayless, Wm. M. Yager and others wore defendants.

The object of the suit was to ascertain the liens on a certain lot in the city of Boanoke, determine the priorities, and sell the lot for the satisfaction of the plaintiff’s debt. The court on the 18th day of November, 1893, entered a decree, declaring that after the payment of costs, &c., the defendant, W. H. Bayless, held the first lien, the…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Gholson v. SavinOhio Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Kirschbaum & Co. v. BlairSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
  3. HEMINGWAY v. MentionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1955
  4. Featherstone v. EmersonUtah Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Holbert v. Safe Insurance Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1933

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