Rucker v. Peaco

Spratley, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.; In June, 1947, Mrs. Clarice Denton Peaco, in her own right and as administratrix of her husband, Albert Lee Peaco, deceased, instituted a suit against her daughter, Dorothy Peaco. Corker, an infant, for the partition of certain real estate in the county of Henrico, Virginia. The real estate had been conveyed in 1944 to Albert Lee Peaco and his wife, Clarice Denton Peaco. Mr. and Mrs., Peaco operated thereon a tavern or night club, known as “English Tavern,” until the death of Mr. Peaco on March 31, 1946. Peaco died intestate, leaving surviving…