Bemiss v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, in a proceeding by motion on a supersedeas bond. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendants assign error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Chancery Court of the city of Richmond, by its decree entered on the 17th of March, 1910, directed its clerk to deliver to the First National Bank of Richmond, Va., or to George Bryan, its attorney, Virginia Century bonds of the face value of $25,500. From this decree an appeal was allowed upon the petition of the Commercial Trust Company, and a supersedeas bond in the penalty of $1,000 was required, which was executed by Bemiss and Williams, the plaintiffs in error, and bears date the 12th of' May, 1910. The condition of this bond was that if…
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