Dugger's Children v. Dugger

Citations

• 84 Va. 130
• 4 S.E. 171
• 1887 Va. LEXIS 14

Syllabus

<p>1. Witnesses—Competency—Husband.—In suit by children, claiming as heirs of their mother, equitable title to property, to annul trust deed and sale made thereof since mother’s decease.</p> <p>Held : That the father is a competent witness to prove that the grantees and purchasers had actual notice of the plaintiffs’ claims.</p> <p>2. Purchasers for value without notice.—In said suit defendants claimed to be such purchasers. But it was held: That the circumstances disclosed in the record and recited in the opinion, established notice.</p> <p>3. - Curtesy—Wife’s separate estate—Husband’s gift.—A separate estate created by the gift, conveyance or settlement of the husband to or for his wife, whether directly or through a trustee, presumptively excludes the husband from tenancy by the curtesy in said estate. Gift from husband to his wife is construed to be for her separate use.</p>