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PAIR v. ROOK

77 S.E.2d 395 (1953)

195 Va. 196

PAIR et al. v. ROOK et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Williams, Thomas A. Williams, Jr., W. W. Beverley, Beverley H. Randolph, Jr., Richmond, for appellants.

A. S. Harrison, Jr., Lawrenceville, L. C. Harrell, Jr., Emporia, for appellees.

Before HUDGINS, C.J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH, and WHITTLE, JJ.

SPRATLEY, Justice.

This is a suit brought by appellants for the specific performance of an alleged parol agreement between Mary Moore Rook and her husband, P. I. Rook, for the devise of all of the property of P. I. Rook, which agreement is sought to be taken out of the operation of the statute of frauds upon the ground of part performance.

P. I. Rook was an uneducated, hardworking, successful business man, who accumulated a large and valuable estate. He was...

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