JONES v. HILL

Record No. 031514.

594 S.E.2d 913 (2004)

267 Va. 708

Virginia JONES v. Tammie L. HILL.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Lacheney (Deal & Lacheney, on brief), Richmond, for appellant.

Russell O. Slayton, Jr. (C. Ridley Bain; Slayton, Bain and Clary, on brief), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


LEMONS, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether a lien may attach to the vested interest of a remainderman who takes from a life tenant with full power to dispose of the entire corpus of the estate, and whether a creditor may enforce the lien after the death of the life tenant, when the remainderman predeceases the life tenant.

I. Facts and Proceedings Below

Thomas N. Jones ("Thomas Jones") died in 1993. He was survived by his wife, Annie K...

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