Garrett v. Rutherford
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Lee county. Decree for defendants in the cross-bill. Complainants in said bill appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
We need only concern ourselves to consider the question raised by appellants in their cross-bill, in which, as children and heirs at law of Susan C. Rutherford, deceased, they seek to impress the land in controversy, known as the Baylor farm, with an express parol trust for their benefit.
*479They rest their claim upon the allegations that in 1871 their parents were married in the State of Kentucky, and shortly thereafter removed to Lee county, Virginia; that in 1872 their father, George R. Rutherford, purchased the Baylor farm with money derived from his wife, and that in pursuance of a distinct…
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