Davis v. Commonwealth for Leon
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was art action of debt in the Circuit court of the city of Richmond, in which the Commonwealth for the benefit of Israel Leon, was plaintiff, and William F. Davis was defendant. The action was founded on a bond executed under the attachment law found in the Code, ch. 151, § 8, p. 602, by Charles R. Hawes as principal, and Davis as his surety, upon an attachment issued against the effects of C. D. Arnsthall, a debtor of Hawes.
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This was art action of debt in the Circuit court of the city of Richmond, in which the Commonwealth for the benefit of Israel Leon, was plaintiff, and William F. Davis was defendant. The action was founded on a bond executed under the attachment law found in the Code, ch. 151, § 8, p. 602, by Charles R. Hawes as principal, and Davis as his surety, upon an attachment issued against the effects of C. D. Arnsthall, a debtor of Hawes. Upon the trial of the cause various questions were made and exceptions taken by the defendant Davis to the decisions of the court; and there was a verdict and…
1Opinion of the CourtMoncure, J.
This is a supersedeas to a judgment obtained in the name of the Commonwealth of Virginia, suing for the benefit and at the costs of Israel Leon, against William F. Davis, surety of Charles R. Hawes in an attachment bond executed in pursuance of the Code, p. 602, ch. 151, % 8. The case was twice argued in this court; and many questions were discussed in the argument. But in my view of the case it will be necessary to consider and decide only one of them; which is, Whether the relator Leon can maintain an action on the attachment bond ?
The condition of the bond is set out in the declaration as…
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