Legal Opinion
Newton v. Newton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 20, 1958No. Record 4730PublishedCited by 9 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This litigation resulted from family disagreements and difficulties in the operation of a motor court at Sprouse’s Comer, in Buckingham county, between John Ernest Newton, the appellee, on the one hand, and his wife and her seven sons by a former marriage, the appellants, on the other hand.
Mrs. Newton and her first husband, E. B. Sprouse, opened the motor court in 1932 and it has since continued in operation under the name of Sprouse’s Tourist Court. The cabins were built with her money and she took an active part in the management of them and a store and restaurant in connection with them.…
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