Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-10

~ CHANCERY -VisorxIA:-At n superior Court oi
chancrry ior the Richmond Circuit, held u lie cpi
tol, ~ the cI,y oi RcnnUHi, Tuesday, March Goth,
Ienty Anderson, r;aa,f:
Wi!l.am d. Wren, laia Sergeant of the City Of Rich
mont ai ns such, Admin tator. with the viii annex
ed, Of Lewis srrmearer deceIsei. the Pf-sldtt and
Difrclors Of tl,r Literary Fund, james Gray aud VIII
aul Cav Surviving partners nf The lae concern ol
Gray :, r'nkry, Charles Il. Williams aud William q.
pendetnn, Defendants
il decree ii tie Court Of Appeals. certified by HE
CLERK thereof. these w,v,ls aud figures Ia wt
YInGt>i,:-Ai a ,'ouft Of Appeal, held n the tapl
nl. in The city ol Rchnond, "n Monday, March 4h,
!sii:
James Cray and William Gray. surviving partners of
a.llist Appellants:
Henry Anderson, Appellee:
r,on m appeal from 4 decree pronounced ~ the Tn
cut Superior t'nrrt If Law and Ghinccy ur rnFlco
County aud ciiy al Eichmcai, an lie second day al
August 1856, aud MI PRIOR DEGREES pronounced "a The
in -uI in which the appellee Was paintifi, and
William u. NrcH. Sergeant OF the city at Richmond,
amt Committee admir- i>tratcr, &c. at Lewis Esenmrn-
GER Gecr iscd, tr appellants nd t-rS were defend
ans. This day came H. parties by toun>"! ana The
Cont Laviun iiareiy considered the pt Of the
rrcold Of the :ccrrc, aforesaid and the arguments oi Tie
Counsel of opinion. that the appellee by his in--
u,.ut ~ prcrrr.s urniio.et acquired no slcci-
h. lien Tie lands 81 The sad Fi-rnrnr:.er, 10 tie
Exclusion OF ,,hrr creditors, and The ctrar ~ I'll" VIII
the Sal; Els Encn.er subjected his equity "i re!-inp-
:int The paymrn; oi al hS driS aud constituted The
same cg Iahie asse:s IN which all his creditors not hav-
ing ,irsic liens were entitled participate iaieably-
The 'oi: is further opinion that The said appellee.
Nv payirg the pf taxes and rr1e"ming the land
frrn m fixture did tlcrch: acquire any rigI Ia al
for the legal ttie aud hold I'll. sr Tor MS own bcuct,
the exclusion of creditors i"ldrg src'; Eens or
the general Creditors; that by such payments ana re-
dcmpliu,S Ia. substituted himself Ia the place oi SAID
E>eninruyrr and hell thu land IL H. world have teid
the sam, ii hr had redeemed Ia has lieine h't t'i rs
the lien ,r the ;.rrea,s ii ayrs was Parin"nnt !" nv
ntlr,x the appellee, by paying the same, wi he entitled
to Repayment tner-ni. wnh Interest IN preference 10 any
other c.d,ars Individuals claiu. an interest 10 SAID
land. The Court fIttrr o uplHion that M SAFE col
The land slaGII have bTcn made unI an enquiry had
been made iaio TIE clam In the property ana an ac-
conn had been kcn oi Tue specific liens IN the proper
w. and 81 the debts due from lite rs:a.r AM! lh:. Upon
such account, the properly, :" 80 much rf 81 IT, may
be subject IL sale lor SPECIFIC liens IL SATISFY the drhs
nf The estate, .nnd br Greeted 10 sr sold, I" satisfy
if.l thu ::.nunt PAID by III: sd Ahdriso Ter arrears
IF ta,.. and interest thereon AMI The COTS oil tli -
Secondly the specific, according In priority; nad thirdly
the general creditors, ra-ably, If not sufficient To- pay
their drbisand the residue II ay, Ia BE- disposed ac
cordins Ia the decoas q! the viii Of said Eisrnnien
ger TIe.aorr il IL decr.e and ordered, that The ~ d
.crors he reversed ard annulled, aid that the appellee
do nav ua the appellants ir.r costs, by them eSpenh
ed in the prosf o their appeal aforesaid hers and
ordered that the sale made nnde. the decree q" the
tcnth day Jane, !ei, be -e aside, aah HE ca'.e re-
minded IN the Superior tt.ti u thaGctiy 'nr the RICH
tunnd Circuit Ia pf seOed in according - the fore
rrins irir, pi,-, which i ordered 1" - certified :" tie
said Superior CYg:t Of Appeals. Appellants costs IN
tie c"u', "f ApreaIs ,3!cG " cents. Cofy-Ieste,
]. allen, &C.
Nhereuron, this rcGr. in conformity with the said
decree, seIa- aside all ip,nrr DEGREES hair ~ THIS
cause hy the tate Circuit 81 ,ri;o Cont u" law and
EharccIy Ia tn County uf eur!ru, aud THE late tH-
cut superior Court Of La" and uhenccy for The county
ri Ilerricu AMI ,,ty of Richmond, DOH addcr ordtr
and decree that one ri r Commissioners ut THIS toHrt
do after c;vin. eight weeks previous nn.ic: III one al
newspapers printed in the city OF Richmond 10 The cfr-
sors az Lewis Else nnrG.tr, deceased, inpr"hucr iNen
Chains before hun before certain day I" he sp'e
fed IN HE saiI notice, vi the evidence To support TIE
same state and rcpart To s Court al account n' all
dent. dire from The Of sad Escnmeu.cr stating
distinctly the specific iieu held y any oi thr aid orrd
tors and the property cnvcred thereby, i"r thc
p.yn.ni al heif dehis. Also, Ia stae ad report Ia The
Shalt prnice before him. al! III, re" rsnehy which be-
showing at the tile 10 the same, distinguishing
,.n Ia stat. a, port the cour; tc amount paid hy
TIE rl,uta into the Treasury at lie commonwealth,
in Satisfaction If o taxes ana III redemption oi
The lands at the laid Lewis ElsrnEen-er. WITH tie IN
t.re: which has and my thereon To Tie har Of
lin, enn sorcyin. clearly in The report The lard 50
r,dp.,lrd b. The plaintiff Aud tire said Commissioner
il required ard ordered s.ae AIRY matters specially
ronn, c,eL with OF the SUBJECTS herein brloe ne'
tInnpd deemed pertinent by hlnseli, or which may br
rec,if,L lY The ptrtirs he stated And The Court
toh cu,her aiiudrc orier and dec:ee that The plaintiff
do .ny INTO the defendants James Gray anu William
GRAY surviving partners of the late mercantile hfn 6f
GRAY & rankey, their COSTS y them III ihe Court oil ap
p'''s ~ w.. C. SANDS, C. c.