Shannon v. Hanks
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Giles county, rendered May 29tli, 1889, in a suit wherein the appellee, Edward Hanks, is complainant, and the appellant, Samuel B. Shannon, is defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion, of the court.
This was a suit in equity to subject the real estate of the defendant, Shannon, to the satisfaction of two judgments recovered by the plaintiff against the firm of Compton & Shannon, of which firm the defendant, Shannon, was a member.
The real estate sought to be subjected consisted of several tracts of land, situate in Giles county, one of which was conveyed by the defendant, prior to the recovery of the plaintiff’s judgments, to Isaac Hudson, trustee, for the benefit of Alice R. Gish, in consideration of her intended marriage with the defendant,…
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