Pannill v. Coles
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Pittsylvania county, rendered May 4, 1885, affirming a judgment of the county court of said county, rendered October 28, 1884, in an action of unlawful entry and detainer, wherein Isaac Coles, trustee for Mrs. Matoaka Sims, wife of William E. Sims, was plaintiff, and David H. Pannill was defendant. James M. Whittle had conveyed a house and lot at Chatham to Coles, trustee, for the sole use of Mrs. Sims.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Pittsylvania county, rendered May 4, 1885, affirming a judgment of the county court of said county, rendered October 28, 1884, in an action of unlawful entry and detainer, wherein Isaac Coles, trustee for Mrs. Matoaka Sims, wife of William E. Sims, was plaintiff, and David H. Pannill was defendant. James M. Whittle had conveyed a house and lot at Chatham to Coles, trustee, for the sole use of Mrs. Sims. Her husband, as his wife’s agent, rented the property to Pannill. Before the term had ended, Coles, trustee, at the instance of the grantor, instituted…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
On the 9th of September, 1884, the defendant in error brought his action of unlawful entry and detainer against the plaintiff in error, for a house and lot at Chatham, in said county.
The property in question was, together with other property, conveyed by James M. Whittle to Isaac Coles, trustee, by deed dated January 22, 1879, upon the following trusts: That the trustee and his heirs shall hold all the property granted in the said deed, its issues and profits and increase, to the sole and separate use of Matoaka Sims, daughter of the grantor, and wife of William E. Sims, as though she were a…
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