RUNION v. HELVESTINE

Record No. 971364.

501 S.E.2d 411 (1998)

Dorothy Marie RUNION, et al. v. Frank HELVESTINE, III, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Edwards, Roanoke, for appellants.

Edward A. Natt (Osterhoudt, Ferguson, Natt, Aheron & Agee, on brief), Roanoke, for appellee.

Charles F. Barnett, Jr., Roanoke, for appellees Frank Helvestine, III and Eric Frank Helvestine.

No brief or argument for appellee Dorothy W. Helvestine.

Present: All the Justices.


CARRICO, Chief Justice.

In an amended bill of complaint, the plaintiffs, Dorothy Marie Runion and her husband, David L. Runion, sought to enjoin the alienation of Lots A and B, as shown on a certain plat, in which the plaintiffs claimed an interest under an oral contract whereby Dorothy W. Helvestine agreed to make a will devising the plaintiffs Lot A and an option to purchase Lot B.1 The chancellor dismissed the amended bill on demurrer...

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