Forde v. Herron
Supreme Court of Virginia
- George Chandler conveyed to the appellant Forde and one Patrick Fury a lot in Norfolk, on the 4th of June 1798, Fury conveyed his moiety to James Hunter, on the 24th of April 1800, in trust, to secure a debt due to William Plume. Hunter, the trustee, sold for the satisfaction of Plume’s debt; and Walter Herron the appellee became the purchaser.
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- George Chandler conveyed to the appellant Forde and one Patrick Fury a lot in Norfolk, on the 4th of June 1798, Fury conveyed his moiety to James Hunter, on the 24th of April 1800, in trust, to secure a debt due to William Plume. Hunter, the trustee, sold for the satisfaction of Plume’s debt; and Walter Herron the appellee became the purchaser. Hunter conveyed to him Fury’s moiety, by deed bearing date on the 18th of January 1802. All these deeds were duly proved and recorded. Herron filed his bill in the Superior Court of Chancery for the Williamsburg District, against Forde, for a…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Roane
delivered the following opinion of the court.
The court is of opinion that, although real property, purchased with the effects, and used for t'm purposes, of a mercantile firm or co-partnery, may, i» equity, be liable to discharge the balance due from dm company to any partner, in preference to the private and individual debt of any *322other partner, it is nevertheless competent to the member® of such co-partnery to acquire such property jointly, as in» dividaals, or to lose the lien aforesaid, (generally existing, upon the social property,) by acts tending to mislead or de» ceive…
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