Branch v. Buckley
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of tie Chancery' Court of the city of Richmond. Decree for complainants. Defendant appeals. '
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The record in this appeal is large and the briefs very long, but the principles of law involved' are few and pretty well settled.
While the bill and amended bills made a case of actual fraud, and contained a special prayer for relief on that ground, the facts alleged, in the opinion-of the trial court, also made out a case of constructive fraud which entitled the complainants to the relief granted • on that ground. Without deciding whether or not a- case of actual fraud was proved, the trial court held that the case of .constructive fraud was sustained,by the proof, and set aside the…
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