CODE OF VIRGINIA

QUESTIONING CLAIM OF CREDITOR AND DETERMINATION THEREOF (§ 55-158)

Any creditor of the assignor who questions the validity of any other
creditor’s claim or the trustee if he questions the validity of any claim
may file, within thirty days after the recordation of the deed a petition
against the creditor whose claim is questioned in the court which would have
jurisdiction if the suit was brought by the creditor whose claim is questioned
against the assignor, and the burden of proof shall be upon the creditor whose
claim is questioned. Upon the filing of such petition the court, or the judge of
such court in vacation, may order the party whose claim is questioned to appear
at such time as it thinks right and proper to defend such claim and the court
shall determine the matter in a summary way.

HISTORY: 1924, p. 658; Michie Code 1942, § 5278c.