Williams v. Matthews
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge county, rendered on a proceeding by motion for a judgment, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This is a proceeding by motion, in the name of the plaintiff in error, E. K,. Williams, receiver of the Lexington Development Company, to recover of the defendant in error, W. Gr. Matthews, the last live instalments of his unpaid subscription to the stock of the company.
At the hearing a jury was waived, and, all questions of law and fact having been submitted to the court, the judgment under review was rendered in favor of the defendant.
Of the several defenses interposed, it is only necessary to notice that raised by the plea of the act of limitations.
In the fall of 1890, the defendant, by…
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