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Chinn v. Chinn

Stafford County Circuit Court

Decided June 20, 1990No. Case No. (Chancery) 241-89Published

1Opinion of the Court

By JUDGE JAMES W. HALEY, JR.

In this partition suit, upon the death of a life tenant on February 29, 1988, four sibling remaindermen became owners in fee as equal tenants in common of real estate in Stafford County on which was located a residence. The residence was vacant from the death of the life tenant until May, 1989, at which time one co-tenant with the concurrence of two others, permitted his niece and her husband, the Schauls, to occupy the residence without payment of rent in cash during the pendency of the partition suit.

The fourth co-tenant, Ralph McCalley Chinn, has excepted to a…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jenkins v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1971
  2. Chosar Corp. v. OwensSupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
  3. Fry v. PayneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
  4. Eggleston v. CrumpSupreme Court of Virginia · 1928
  5. Schroeder v. WoodwardSupreme Court of Virginia · 1914

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