Yates v. Law
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of corporation court of Danville, rendered June 12, 1888, in t-lie cause wherein A. M. Aiken, administrator of Lewis A. Yates, is complainant, and W. T. Law and others are defendants. At- the hearing the bill was dismissed with costs to the defendants, and the complainant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a decree of the corporation court of the town of Danville. The record discloses the following facts:
In 1878 ~W. T. Law obtained from George Price a lease of certain property for ten years at an annual rent of $600 and the payment of all taxes assessed on the property, and took the lease to himself as “agent of P. B. Law, trustee for Sarah J. Law,” who was the wife of the said W. T. Law. The property so leased was a warehouse in the town of Danville, used for the sale of tobacco, and much capital was necessary and many…
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