Morriss v. Virginia Insurance
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of chancery court of the city of Richmond, rendered August 5th, 1886, in a chancery cause therein pending, wherein Charles Y. Morriss, trustee, etc., was complainant, and Eobert F. Morriss, Charles Y. Morriss, Chapman W. Morriss, and Eohert F. Morriss, Jr. (the last three being infants), were defendants.
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Appeal from decree of chancery court of the city of Richmond, rendered August 5th, 1886, in a chancery cause therein pending, wherein Charles Y. Morriss, trustee, etc., was complainant, and Eobert F. Morriss, Charles Y. Morriss, Chapman W. Morriss, and Eohert F. Morriss, Jr. (the last three being infants), were defendants. A final decree was entered in said cause July 25th, 1873. After his arrival at age, October 13th, 1883, said Chapman W. Morriss was allowed to file his bill to review and reverse the said decree, but the court dismissed his bill at the hearing, and he appealed. Opinion…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The case is as follows: On the 25th day of February, 1873, one Charles Y. Morriss, as trustee, filed his bill in the said court, seeking the sale of certain lands held by him as trustee under the deed of one Eobert F. Morriss and Emma, his wife, conveying the said real estate to him, the said Charles Y. Morriss, in trust, dated March 15,1870. The deed was a settlement by the said Eobert F. Morriss- of the said real estate for the benefit of his wife and children, subject to his existing liabilities, and conveyed a tract of land in Henrico county, in the vicinity of the city of Eichmond,…
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