Mills v. Little

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Coti-iran.

This is an appeal from an order of general reference and from an order appointing a receiver, as to a part of the last-mentioned order.

It appears that the plaintiff, Mrs. Mills and her husband, on the one side, and the defendant Little on the other, made a trade for the exchange of two tracts of land .in Chesterfield County belonging, 108 acres to Mrs. Mills, and 3 acres to her husband, J. A. Mills, for a tract of land in Lancaster County, 159 acres.

The deeds from Mr. and Mrs. Mills were executed and delivered tó Little, and the…