CLAY v. CLAY


86 S.E.2d 812 (1955)

196 Va. 997

William Clifton CLAY and Jack Clay v. George Washington CLAY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 25, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Irvin Gill, Danville, for appellants.

W. Carrington Thompson, Chatham, for appellee.

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


BUCHANAN, Justice.

This is a suit in equity brought by the appellee, G. W. Clay, to enforce an alleged oral promise by his late wife, Dollie Lee Clay, to devise to him certain land which he had conveyed to her in fee simple. The defendants in the suit were the appellants, W. C. Clay and Jack Clay, sons of Dollie Lee Clay by a former marriage, to whom the land descended on their mother's death.

The evidence was by depositions and the trial court entered a decree...

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