TAYLOR v. SMITH


102 S.E.2d 160 (1958)

199 Va. 871

Maxine Jackson TAYLOR, Administratrix, Etc. v. Hattie SMITH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Davis Butts, Newport News, for plaintiff in error.

Richard Newman, Newport News, Rutherford C. Lake, Jr., Warwick (Newman, Allaun & Bateman, Newport News, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, and SNEAD, JJ.


SNEAD, Justice.

Maxine Jackson Taylor, administratrix of the estate of Hunter Taylor, deceased, filed her motion for judgment against Hattie Smith to recover a judgment for money found in a safety deposit box rented in Hattie Smith's name and alleged to belong to decedent's estate. The case was heard by the court, ore tenus, without the intervention of a jury. Judgment was rendered in favor of Hattie Smith and the administratrix appealed.

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