Grove v. Grove
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decrees of the Circuit Court of Frederick county, pronounced June 7, 1901, and FTovember 22, 1901, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellant, Virginia Grove, was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants. To a cross-bill filed by the defendants the appellants, J. W. Taylor, administrator of J. R. Grove, and Virginia Grove, were made defendants. This appeal was awarded on the petition of the above mentioned defendants to the cross-bill.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This is a suit in equity brought by Virginia Grove, widow of John R.’Grove, deceased, against Franklin C. Grove and William B. Grove, brothers of decedent, to compel partition of real estate.
The property in question was conveyed to the brothers jointly.. One-third of the purchase price was paid in cash, and for the deferred instalments the parties made promissory notes, executing a contemporaneous deed of trust upon the subject to secure their payment.
The case made by the bill is-that the property was paid for by the grantees, each contributing his one-third part of the purchase price, and…
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