Taylor v. Wallace

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Taylor v. Wallace

8 Va. 92

DecidedNovember 15, 1786

StatusPublished

This text of 8 Va. 92 (Taylor v. Wallace) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals of Virginia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Taylor v. Wallace, 8 Va. 92 (Va. Ct. App. 1786).

Pincite

Opinion

This was an adjourned case from the high court of chancery ; and the question stated for the opinion of the court of appeals was,

Whether a verbal gift of slaves to an unmarried woman, to whose husband the slaves, upon his marriage, were delivered, and in whose possession the same remained until his death, four years after the marriage, be within the statutes for preventing fraudulent gifts of slaves?

The court of appeals (Mercer, judge, dissenting) certified their opinion to be, that the said gift was void, and within the statutes for preventing fraudulent gifts of slaves.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

This was an adjourned case from the high court of chancery ; and the question stated for the opinion of the court of appeals was,

Whether a verbal gift of slaves to an unmarried woman, to whose husband the slaves, upon his marriage, were delivered, and in whose possession the same remained until his death, four years after the marriage, be within the statutes for preventing fraudulent gifts of slaves?

The court of appeals (Mercer, judge, dissenting) certified their opinion to be, that the said gift was void, and within the statutes for preventing fraudulent gifts of slaves.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

8 Va. 92, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/taylor-v-wallace-vactapp-1786.