Barnes v. Trafton

Citations

• 80 Va. 524
• 1885 Va. LEXIS 90

Syllabus

<p>1. PRACTICE IN EQUITY-Guardian and surelies.-In suit against guardian and his sureties by ward, a joint decree may at once be rendered against them on their official bond, without exhausting the guardian before going on his sureties.</p> <p>2. EQUITABLE JURISDICTION AND RELIEF- Wife's lanci-Joini sale- Trnst. Where wife joins with husband in conveying her land on condition that proceeds be applied to payment of a debt binding her children's land, a trust is thereby created, which a court of equity will enforce against husband, though the bonds for said proceeds be made payable to him.</p>