Almond v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Virginia
On tke 5tk of April, 1875, 'William A. Wilson filed his-kill in tke clerk’s office of tke circuit court of Rockbridge county, against David Firebaugk, Watson Almond, R. D. Firebaugk, trustee; Jane E. Firebaugk, wife of David Firebaugk; Mason & Goock, partners; and James W. Frazier, in wkick ke alleged tkat in October, 1861, David Firebaugk qualified as tke executor of H. A. Firebaugk, deceased, and tkat tke plaintiff and B. F. Firebaugk became tke sureties on kis bond in tke…
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On tke 5tk of April, 1875, 'William A. Wilson filed his-kill in tke clerk’s office of tke circuit court of Rockbridge county, against David Firebaugk, Watson Almond, R. D. Firebaugk, trustee; Jane E. Firebaugk, wife of David Firebaugk; Mason & Goock, partners; and James W. Frazier, in wkick ke alleged tkat in October, 1861, David Firebaugk qualified as tke executor of H. A. Firebaugk, deceased, and tkat tke plaintiff and B. F. Firebaugk became tke sureties on kis bond in tke penalty of $15,000; tkat tke said executor, in a suit brougkt by kimself for tke purpose of settling kis accounts, was…
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
This is a bill in equity to subject to the lien of the appellee’s judgment his debtor’s estate alleged to have been fraudulently conveyed to various persons, all of whom are made defendants. There is no charge of combination and confederacy among these alienees, and the objection is made that the bill is multifarious in uniting several defendants having no privity or connection with each other. Although a plaintiff cannot demand several matters of different natures against several defendants; a demurrer will not lie even though the defendants be unconnected with each other, if they have a…
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