Walton v. Williams
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from circuit court of Shenandoah county. Case-heard at- Staunton. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
This case involves the question as to the relative liability of the different sets of sureties in the several annual bonds-of a general receiver.
Until a comparatively recent period, receivers in this state were the mere creatures of the court of chancery, appointed for special cases whenever the exigency arose. But by an act of the assembly passed June 3, 1852, the legislature provided for the appointment of general receivers, who should hold office during the pleasure of the court by whom they might be appointed — see Code 1873, ch. 175, from section 15 to 28. Under this statute Samuel C.…
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