Trout v. Trout's Ex'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from circuit court, Craig county ; Henry E. Blair, Judge. Bill by John Henry Trout against B. E. Trout’s executor and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This'is an appeal from a decree refusing the specific execution of a parol gift of land. The grounds relied upon by the appellant (who was the nephew of the donor) to take the case *400out of the statute of frauds are that he was induced by her to give up other arrangements for a business life, viz. that of a telegraph operator, in which he had good prospects of success ; that he was placed in complete possession of the land ; that he had put valuable improvements upon it; and that it would operate as a fraud upon him not to specifically enforce it.
It is well settled that a court of equity will…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Halsey v. Peters'Supreme Court of Virginia · 1884
- Griggsby v. OsbornSupreme Court of Virginia · 1886
3Cited by4 opinions
- Hanna v. WilsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1846
- Steinman v. Clinchfield Coal Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1917
- Hanna v. WilsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1846
- Hanna v. WilsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1846