Legal Opinion

Campbell & Co. v. Nonpareil F. B. & K. Co.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided February 17, 1881PublishedCited by 4 opinions

This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of Henrico county, brought in September, 1876, by Charles A. Campbell & Co., to subject a small parcel of land lying immediately adjoining the corporate line of the city of Richmond, to satisfy a judgment for $721, and interest and costs, the plaintiffs had recovered against the Nonpareil FireBrick and Kaolin Company of America..

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This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of Henrico county, brought in September, 1876, by Charles A. Campbell & Co., to subject a small parcel of land lying immediately adjoining the corporate line of the city of Richmond, to satisfy a judgment for $721, and interest and costs, the plaintiffs had recovered against the Nonpareil FireBrick and Kaolin Company of America.. This parcel of land had at one time belonged to said company, and by deed bearing date the 29th of July, 1869, the company conveyed it in trust to secure a debt of $8,000. The land was sold by the trustees, and conveyed…

1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.

The appellees claim title to the property in controversy under a deed of trust executed by the Nonpareil Fire-Brick and Kaolin Company, for the benefit of its creditors, on the 29th of July, 1869. This deed was admitted to record in the clerk’s office of the county court of Henrico, on the 7th of August, 1869. It was also recorded in the clerk’s office of the chancery court for the city of Richmond, on the 30th of November, 1876. Before this latter recordation, on the 3d of April, 1876, the appellants recovered judgment against the Nonpareil Company, which was duly docketed in the clerk’s…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Floyd v. HardingSupreme Court of Virginia · 1877
  2. Blackford v. HurstSupreme Court of Virginia · 1875
  3. Burgess v. BelvinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1880

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. MinesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Norfolk & Ocean View Railway Co. v. Consolidated Turnpike Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1910
  3. Smith's Adm'r v. Charlton's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1851
  4. Cincinnati, Newport & Covington Railway Co. v. Edmondson, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County1912

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