Brock's v. Brock
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Bockingham county, rendered October 18, 1892, in an action of detinue wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendafat.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This is an action of detinue brought in the Circuit Court of Buckingham county, by the administrator of Sallie Brock, deceased, against Charles J. Brock, to recover a certain writing obligatory for the sum of two thousand dollars, which was executed by the defendant to Sallie Brock in her lifetime, and, as alleged in the declaration, was, by Sallie Brock, delivered, through mistake and inadvertence, to the defendant, Charles J. Brock.
The defence is that the bond in question was a gift to the defendant from his mother,'the plaintiff’s intestate. Mrs. Sallie Brock was an aged lady, living, in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Smith's adm'r v. BettySupreme Court of Virginia · 1854
- Steptoe v. ReadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1868
- Daily's Ex'or v. WarrenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
- Barbour v. Duncanson's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1883
3Cited by21 opinions
- Hoge & Hutchinson v. TurnerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
- Epes' Administrator v. HardawaySupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
- Witt v. CreaseySupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
- Wrenn v. DanielsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1958
- McVeigh's Adm'r v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
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