Gatewood v. Gatewood
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of the city of Bichmond, brought by Mrs. Georgiana L. Gatewood, by her next friend, Leroy H. Kemp, against her husband, George "W". Gatewood, and others, to compel the said George W. Gatewood to execute an agreement between them by which a parcel of land belonging to her was sold and the proceeds of the sale applied to discharge a debt secured by a deed of trust upon a tract owned by the said George W. Gatewood, and which was to…
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This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of the city of Bichmond, brought by Mrs. Georgiana L. Gatewood, by her next friend, Leroy H. Kemp, against her husband, George "W". Gatewood, and others, to compel the said George W. Gatewood to execute an agreement between them by which a parcel of land belonging to her was sold and the proceeds of the sale applied to discharge a debt secured by a deed of trust upon a tract owned by the said George W. Gatewood, and which was to be conveyed to her. The controversy in the case was not in fact between the plaintiff and her husband, but between her…
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of the county of Henrico. The case as exhibited by the record is as follows: In October, 1858, George W. Gatewood executed a trust deed upon a tract of land lying in the county of Henrico, upon which he resided, called *409the “Home Place,” to secure the payment of a debt of $5,500 due to James W. Binford. In this deed his wife, Mrs. Georgiana Gatewood, joined, relinquishing her dower interest therein. In the year 1867, Mrs. Gatewood became the owner jointly with her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Gatewood, wife of Liston T. Gatewood, of a tract of…
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