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DEVERS v. CHATEAU CORP.

No. 83-2102.

748 F.2d 902 (1984)

Doris Kay DEVERS, Appellant, v. CHATEAU CORPORATION and C.F. Prospect, Inc. co-partners d/b/a Prospect House Associates; Prospect House Unit Homeowners Association; John Does one (1) through three hundred (300); Lots numbered one (1) to sixty-two (62), (except Lots 34 and ½ of 35) inclusive, in block number eight (8) Radnor Heights Subdivision, as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and recorded among the land records of Arlington County, Virginia, in deed book 110 at page 576, Theodore A. & Jeanie M. Adams & Unified Industries, Appellees, v. John DALONAS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald G. Ferrell, Alexandria, Va. (Patricia A. Smith, Norfolk, Va., Jeffrey D. Billett, Burke, Va., Gwendolyn S. Whipp, Ferrell & Associates, Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellant.

David G. Fiske, Alexandria, Va. (John P. Corrado, Ronald L. Lord, Thomas & Fiske, Alexandria, Va., on brief) and J. Kathleen O'Shea Poux, McLean, Va. (R. Harrison Pledger, Jr., McLean, Va., on brief) and Peter K. Stackhouse, Arlington, Va. (Tolbert, Smith, Fitzgerald & Ramsey, Arlington, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before WIDENER, HALL and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Doris Kay Devers brought this diversity action against the Chateau Corporation, and individual owners of apartments built on the land, for assignment of her dower in real property owned by her husband during their marriage, and conveyed by him without plaintiff's uniting in the deed. The district court held that plaintiff's action was in equity and barred by the doctrine of laches. The court denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and...

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