Legal Opinion
Jeffress v. Stith
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 1, 1991No. Record 900867PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whiting
In this case we decide whether a federal statute or regulation authorizes a life tenant to sell a farm’s federal crop allotment and quota entitlement in derogation of the rights of the remaindermen.
On March 16, 1976, by deed recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Greensville County, Robert and Emma R. Jones conveyed an 18-acre parcel of land, subject to their life estates therein, to their daughter Leola J. Jeffress and her husband, Henry R. Jeffress, as tenants by the entireties, with right of survivorship as at common law. Upon Emma Jones’ subsequent death, Robert Jones…
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