Hurt's Adm'x v. Prillaman

Citations

• 79 Va. 257
• 1884 Va. LEXIS 81

Syllabus

<p>1. Equitable Title—Judgments after Parol Sale.—An equitable title held by a bona fide purchaser, though by a parol contract, who has paid the entire purchase .money and received possession, will be preferred in equity to the liens of judgment creditors subsequently acquired against the vendor, provided the parol contract relied on is certain and definite in its terms, and is sustained by satisfactory proof. Floyd, Trustee, v. Harding & als., 28 Gratt. 401.</p> <p>2. Idem—Case at Bar one where the parol contract relied on is too uncertain and indefinite, and too unsupported by proof to bring it within the protection of the rule laid down in Floyd, Trustee, v. Harding & als., supra.</p>