General Court of Virginia, 1799

Smith v. Greenleaf

General Court of Virginia · Decided May 15, 1799 · Chase

4 H. & McH. 291

Counsel

Key, for the defendant,, Crunch, for the plaintiff,, Martin, (Attorney General,) in reply., (¡ranch, contra,

Opinion of the Court

Chase, Ch. J.

The court are of opinion, that tho property, (the lands,) are only liable for debts due to creditors in the state, and that the operation of the conveyance is not defeated by the defendant’s having creditors living out of the state, and not giving bond, especially as the debt was created since the execution of the deed, (a)

Attachment and return quashed.

This point more fully argued and settled at the present term, in the case of Ward vs. Morris & Nicholson.

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