Legal Opinion

Peters v. Peters

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided September 20, 1917PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Scott county. Decree for complainant. Defendant appeals. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.

This is'an appeal from a decree entered January 22, 1916, under the following circumstances: In 1895 C. C. Peters filed his bill against his son-in-law, D. C. Flanary, and his three infant children, alleging, in substance, that he, Peters and his wife, Martha A. Peters, had on the 6th day of April, 1887, conveyed a certain tract of land in Scott county, Virginia, to his daughter, Louisa H. Flanary; that his daughter had died leaving three infant children as her heirs at law, the Youngest of whom at that time was seven years old; that in the conveyance the grantors reserved a lien for their…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wade v. Hancock & AgeeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1882
  2. Battaile v. Maryland Hospital for the InsaneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
  3. Smith's Exor. v. PowellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
  4. Echols's Ex'or v. BrennanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901
  5. Snead v. AtkinsonCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1917

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. G. L. Miller & Co. v. Carmichael-McCalley Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1926

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