Legal Opinion
Collup v. Smith
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided July 6, 1892PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Smyth county, rendered August 27th, 1890, in the chancery cause wherein Thomas J. Smith and M. J., his wife, were complainants, and Sarah Ann Smith, widow, and Henry Collup and others, children of Adam Collup, deceased, were defendants. The decree being adverse to the defendants, they appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The bill was filed by the appellees to annul a deed executed by one Adam Oollup to George W. Allison, trustee for Sarah Ann Collup, in words and figures following—to-wit:
“ This deed, made this, the 8th day of July, 1887, between *259Adam Collup, of the first part, and Sarah Collup, of the second part, and George W. Allison, trustee, of the third part, all of Smyth county, Virginia—witnesseth : That the said Adam Collup, party of the first part, has this day, for and in consideration of the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, in hand paid by the said Sarah Collup, the receipt whereof is hereby…
2Cited by4 opinions
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