Darraugh v. Blackford

Citations

• 84 Va. 509
• 5 S.E. 542
• 1888 Va. LEXIS 103

Syllabus

<p>1. Infant Feme Covert—Deed—Ratification.—Deed of infant feme covert may be avoided when she becomes of full age and discovert. Then, being sui juris, she may ratify it expressly, or impliedly, as by accepting a compensation allowed by a decree to which she, or her counsel for her, has consented. Wilson v. Branch, 77 Va., 65.</p> <p>2. Chancery Practice—Consent decrees—Consensus tollit errorem.—A decree by consent is binding unless procured by fraud or mistake, in which case relief is by original bill.</p>