Peters v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of corporation court of city of Norfolk, rendered June 9tli, 1891, on the petition of T. S. B. Anderson, filed against the appellant, W. H. Peters, receiver, in the chancery suit of A. P. Thom ais. v. Dismal Swamp Canal Company al.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*1052The facts out of which the controversy arises are substantially these :
The appellant is the receiver of the Exchange National Bank of Norfolk, duly appointed by the comptroller1 of the currency. The bank was a large creditor of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. Some time prior to the 4th of February, 1889, the property and franchises of the company were sold by A. P. Thom and W. H. White, under a decree of the court below, in the suit of Thom and White, trastees, v. The Dismal Swamp Canal Company and others. At this sale the appellant, as receiver,…
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