General Court of Virginia, 1795

Lane v. Gover

Lane v. Gover
General Court of Virginia · Decided October 15, 1795
3 Md. 394

Counsel

William Gover,, Kilty, for the plaintiff., Duval, for the defendant.

Lane v. Gover

Opinion of the Court

By the act of November session, 1773, c. 26. bills of ( credit were directed to be issued and loaned to the inhabitants, and that the bonds which should be taken by the commissioners for the sums of money loaned, should be a lien upon, and bind, the real estates of the obligors and their securities; and if the security paid the debt, the bond was to be assigned to the security; and if any real estate bound as aforesaid, should, by will or by deed,, executed by the obligor, be devised or conveyed, the heirs, devisees, &c. should be entitled, upon payment of the debt, to an assignment.

The Court

gave judgment, on the case stated, for the defendant.

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