WOO v. SMART

Record No. 930698.

442 S.E.2d 690 (1994)

S. Hing WOO v. John S. SMART, Administrator, etc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Bowen, Midlothian (Bourdow & Bowen, on briefs), for appellant.

John S. Smart, Richmond (Smart & Hunton, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


COMPTON, Justice.

The principal issue in this equity suit is whether the trial court erred in ruling that the donee of three checks is not entitled to the check proceeds as gifts causa mortis.

William D. Yee and the appellant S. Hing Woo, unmarried residents of Chesterfield County, had an intimate relationship for almost 20 years until Yee died intestate in March 1989. During the two days before his death, the decedent handed to Woo three personal checks payable...

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