Commonwealth v. Ricks
Supreme Court of Virginia
This is an information filed by the attorney general of the Convmonwealth of Virginia to set aside certain conveyances made by George Winston, a debtor of the commonwealth, and to subject certain other property, alleged to have been the proceeds of his labour, to the satisfaction of the claim of the commonwealth against him. In 1813, Mary W. the daughter of George Winston, married Arnold W. Ricks of the county of Southampton.
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This is an information filed by the attorney general of the Convmonwealth of Virginia to set aside certain conveyances made by George Winston, a debtor of the commonwealth, and to subject certain other property, alleged to have been the proceeds of his labour, to the satisfaction of the claim of the commonwealth against him. In 1813, Mary W. the daughter of George Winston, married Arnold W. Ricks of the county of Southampton. At this time, George Winston was the owner of a large amount of property but was considerably indebted. Among the real estate owned by him in the City of Richmond, were…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
As regards the tenement on the south side of E or main street in the City of Richmond, together with the lumber house on the opposite side of the adjoining alley, in the proceedings mentioned, the court, without deciding under what circumstances, if any, a parol gift of real estate from a father to a child, accompanied by delivery of possession, ought to be enforced or recognized by a court of equity, against the creditors of the donor, or subsequent purchasers from him, or against the donor himself, is of opinion that, in the present case, no equitable right to such relief or protection, in…
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