Duffy & Bolton v. Figgat
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Botetourt county, rendered July 1st, 1884, in tbe chancery cause of Hammond against Hines, dismissing on demurrer a petition filed by Duffy and Bolton, parties to said cause, and purchasers of land sold under a decree therein, by Houston and Figgat, special commissioners, to rehear and reverse a decree in said causé, rendered May 31st, 1883, and deciding that the joint official bond, in penalty of $4000, on its face apparently…
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Botetourt county, rendered July 1st, 1884, in tbe chancery cause of Hammond against Hines, dismissing on demurrer a petition filed by Duffy and Bolton, parties to said cause, and purchasers of land sold under a decree therein, by Houston and Figgat, special commissioners, to rehear and reverse a decree in said causé, rendered May 31st, 1883, and deciding that the joint official bond, in penalty of $4000, on its face apparently .complete, and executed April 18th, 1874, by said special commissioners, and by them, or one of them, placed among the papers in…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
This is an appeal from the decree rendered in this case on the 31st of May, 1883, and at the June term, 1884. The case is as follows, so far as it is necessary to state the facts:
In the suit in the circuit court of Botetourt of Hammond against Hines, instituted in April, 1869, brought by the plaintiffs, Hammond and others, to subject the lauds of Robert Hines, deceased, to the payment of the debts of the said Hines, deceased, due to the said Hammond and others, a decree was entered in the canse directing the sale of the said lands, and the appellee Figgat and T. D. Houston were appointed…
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