Roanoke Nat. Bank v. Farmers Nat. Bank of Salem

Citations

• 84 Va. 603
• 5 S.E. 682
• 1888 Va. LEXIS 115

Syllabus

<p>1. Fraudulent conveyances—Suit to annul—Case at bar.—McC. conveyed land to H. and put the deed on record. Creditor at large, under Code 1873, ch. 175, 2, brought suit to annul it as fraudulent. Mc.C. made no appearance. After decree was entered, during same term, H. filed his answer, denying that he had ever claimed any title under the deed:</p> <p>Held: The deed was fraudulent as to creditors of McC. and void, and plaintiff entitled to a lien on said land from the filing of the bill.</p> <p>2. Chancery practice—Decree—Rehearing—New parties—Case at bar.—After term at which decree was entered, persons not hitherto parties to the suit, and who alleged neither error of law in the decree or after discovered evidence, are allowed to file a bill for rehearing the decree:</p> <p>Held:</p> <p>Error, but not reversible error, as the appellant is not aggrieved thereby.</p>