Higginbotham v. May
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Tazewell county, entered August 26, 1892, in a cause wherein A. J. & S. D. May were complainants and J. B. Higginbotham and T. W. "Wingo were defendants, and in another cause wherein the Bank of Princeton was complainant and said Higginbotham and Wingo were defendants. Prom the decree in favor of the complainants in both suits, which were heard togethei, the defendant, Higginbotham, appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
The first of these suits was brought by the Messrs. May, as attorneys, to have cancelled an endorsement of the satisfaction of a judgment of the Bank of Princeton against the appellants, J. B. Higginbotham and T. W. "Wingo, upon the ground that said endorsement had been caused by a misrepresentation of the said Higginbotham, or by mistake.
The second suit was brought by the Bank of Princeton against the said Higginbotham and others to enforce the lien of the judgment referred to in the first named cause.
There was a demurrer to the bill in each cause, which was properly overruled. The objects…
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