Rixey v. Pearre Bros. & Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Argued at Richmond. Decided at Wytheville. Appeal from decree, of circuit court of Fauquier county, pronounced in the chancery cause wherein Pearre Bros. & Co. were complainants and John F. Rixey, trustee, and others, were defendants. The decree being adverse to the defendants, they appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a creditors’ suit in the circuit court of Fauquier county to administer the assets of. the late mercantile firm of Stribling & Lewis. The principal question in the case is, whether the appellees, who are partnership creditors, are entitled to be substituted to the rights of the Farmers National Bank of Culpeper as against certain real estate, the individual property of George H. Lewis, one of the partners. The facts in regard to the matter are these :
On the 27th of April, 1889, Lewis gave a deed of trust on the property (which is known as…
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