Davis v. Bonney

Citations

• 89 Va. 755
• 17 S.E. 229
• 1893 Va. LEXIS 100

Syllabus

<p>1. Creditor’s Bii.l—Liens—Lis pendens.—A creditor at large, successfully suing to set aside a deed conveying property in fraud of creditors, lias a lien on the property from time of suit brought; and a creditor, who comes'into the suit, shall have a like lien from the filing of his petition ; but, as against creditors, with or without notice, and purchasers for value without notice, from the time of his filing his memorandum of Us pendens.</p> <p>2. Judgments.—Such lien is a lien only upon .the property conveyed, and not, like the lien of a judgment, on all of debtor’s estate.</p> <p>3. Receivers—Fi. fa.—Personalty in the hands of a receiver cannot be levied on, but the fi. fa. creates a lien thereon.</p>