Wilson v. Branch
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal of Mrs. Bettie Wilson, widow of B. B. Wilson, deceased, from a decree rendered ITth March, 1880, in a chancery ■suit then pending in the circuit court of Greensville county, wherein W. J. Branch, surviving partner of himself and O. B. Bishop, late partners in the name of Bishop & Branch and others are plaintiffs, and the said Mrs. Wilson, D. B. Newsome, administrator with the will annexed of B. B. Wilson, deceased, W. 8. Goodwyn, trustee, and others are defendants.
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Appeal of Mrs. Bettie Wilson, widow of B. B. Wilson, deceased, from a decree rendered ITth March, 1880, in a chancery ■suit then pending in the circuit court of Greensville county, wherein W. J. Branch, surviving partner of himself and O. B. Bishop, late partners in the name of Bishop & Branch and others are plaintiffs, and the said Mrs. Wilson, D. B. Newsome, administrator with the will annexed of B. B. Wilson, deceased, W. 8. Goodwyn, trustee, and others are defendants. The facts and points raised are fully indicated in the syllabus, and set forth in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
On the 9th September, 1845, B. B. Wilson, and Bettie Wilson, his wife, conveyed the maiden land of the wife to George' Goodrum, who immediately thereafter reconveyed the same to *67the husband, the said B. R. Wilson, which maiden land of the wife consisted of one undivided half of a tract of land called Cedar Lawn, situated in the county of Greensville. At the time of this conveyance, the wife, Bettie Wilson, was an infant, being then in her twentieth year.
On the 29th day of February, 1876, the said B. R. Wilson and Bettie, his wife, conveyed the whole Cedar Lawn tract of land to W. S. Goodwyn,…
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