Gregory v. Peoples
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Mecklenburg county, entered May "29tli, 1882, in suit of Robert If. Gregory against J. M. Sloan, sheriff, and administrator of Lewis J. Peoples, deceased, -John R. Haskins and N. M. Norwood. In 1863, Haskins conveyed with general warranty land in said county to Peoples. He had not then the legal title. A part of the purchase money due from him was unpaid, and the title was withheld.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Mecklenburg county, entered May "29tli, 1882, in suit of Robert If. Gregory against J. M. Sloan, sheriff, and administrator of Lewis J. Peoples, deceased, -John R. Haskins and N. M. Norwood. In 1863, Haskins conveyed with general warranty land in said county to Peoples. He had not then the legal title. A part of the purchase money due from him was unpaid, and the title was withheld. In 1869, a suit was brought to collect the same, and the land was resold therefor. "With Norwood’s money, Haskins purchased the land at the resale, and the title was conveyed…
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
I11 respect to the first ground of defence relied on in the court below, little need be said. It was claimed that by his discharge in bankruptcy Haskins ivas released from the obligation of his *357covenant to warrant tlie title to the land conveyed by him, and that consequently the subsequent conveyance of the legal title to him did not enure to the benefit of his grantee. This contention would be well-founded if the case of the appellant rested solely on the personal liability of Haskins, growing out of his covenant. But it does not. Such a covenant…
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