Executors of Lawson & Lawson v. Administrator of Grubbs

Lochrane, Chief Justice.

James W. Grubbs, in his lifetime, in the year 1858, sold a tract of land to R. R. Lawson for $5,947 00, taking his notes, with A. J. Lawson, his father, as security. R. R. Lawson died intestate, leaving a wife and several children, and A. J. Lawson died testate. The notes remain unpaid, except $1,500 00 paid thereon in 1863. Grubbs brought suit against the representative of the estate of R. R. Lawson, and the executors of A. J. Lawson, and obtained judgment for the debt.

The question before the Court arises upon the bill filed by Grubbs, in which the above facts appear,…