Beale's Adm'r v. Gordon
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from circuit court, Fauquier county ; James Keith, Judge. Bill by L. D. Beale, administrator of William Beale, against Charles H. Gordon and others. From a decree dismissing the bill as to defendant A. D. Payne,- administrator of John H. Bixey, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Fauquier county, and the sole question to be disposed of is whether the rule of res ad judicata applies to the case. In 1872, S. F. *36G. Beale, as treasurer of Fauquier county, executed his official bond, with William Beale, Charles H. Gordon, James W. James, John H. Bixey, and Wellington Millón as his sureties. Beale, the treasurer, on the 15th of November, 1872, executed a deed of trust to B. Taylor Scott, trustee, to indemnify and save harmless his said sureties from loss by reason of their surety-ship ; conveying to the trustee certain…
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