Morriss v. Virginia State Insurance
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from two decrees of the chancery court of city of Richmond, rendered October 31, 1893, in the suit entitled “Morriss, &c. v. The Virginia State Insurauce Company,” and in the suit entitled “Morriss, &c. v. James Alfred Jones, Trustee, &c.,” beard together. The said Morriss obtained an injunction to a sale advertised by said trustee, and appealed from the decree dissolving said injunction. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtLaoy, J.
The controversy between the parties to this appeal has arisen over the execution of a trust deed executed by the appellants to a certain trustee, conveying a tract of land in Ilenrico county, near the city of Richmond, containing 856 acres, to secure a debt due the Virginia State Insurance Company of $12,229 37. There were several abortive attempts at a sale, one on the premises, and another in the city of Richmond, when a sale was made at $12,000, when, it appearing by affidavits that the price of $12,000 was grossly inadequate, and in the opinion of numerous persons — real estate dealers…
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