Gooch v. Suhor
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Error to an order of the Circuit Court of Mecklenburg county, denying the prayers of plaintiff in error to be permitted to qualify as administratrix, and asking that the marriage settlement made by her be set aside as fraudulent* The opinion states the ease.
1Opinion of the Court
Whittle, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The dominant question presented by this writ of error involves the right of the plaintiff in error, Margaret R. Gooch, to administer on the estate of her deceased husband, W. H. Gooch, which right was denied her by the order under review. The determination of that issue depends upon a few controlling facts about which there is no room for disagreement.
W. H. Gooch, a man around fifty years of age, a resident of Clarksville, Mecklenburg county, Virginia, was married to Margaret Radcliffe, who was in her twenty-fourth year, on the morning of October…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Smith v. LurtySupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
- Charles v. CharlesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1852
- Tompkins v. PoffSupreme Court of Virginia · 1916
- Whitfield v. . HurstSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1848
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Friese's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Weese v. WeeseWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
- Queensbury v. VialSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- Old Dominion Trust Co. v. First Nat. Bank of OxfordDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1918
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