Smith v. Smith's
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Madison county, pronounced at September term, 1893, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The appellee filed his bill in the Circuit Court of Madison county for the purpose of compelling the appellant to discover the amounts, dates, and character of certain choses in action and the character of certain personal property which the latter claimed had been given him causa mortis by Joel Smith, the intestate of the appellee. The appellee denied that such gift had been made; alleged that the appellant was in possession of the property, but that he refused to give him any such description of it as would enable him to recover it in an action at law; asked for the appointment of a…
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