Nunnally v. Stokes
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Lunenburg county. Decree for the defendants. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBtichahan, J.
The object of this suit, which was brought by the appellant, was to have declared null and void a deed ex*473ecuted by her conveying to the appellee, Stokes, her life estate in a tract of land which had been assigned her as dower in her late husband’s estate.
A demurrer to the bill was sustained and a decree entered dismissing the bill. From that decree this appeal was granted.
One of the grounds of demurrer assigned was, that the bill showed that the deed sought to be declared null and void was executed for the purpose of avoiding the payment of a debt which the appellant thought was a valid claim…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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