Kerlin v. Kerlin

Citations

• 85 Va. 475
• 7 S.E. 849
• 1888 Va. LEXIS 58

Syllabus

<p>1 Consideration—Failure of—Case at bar.—A father, for a consideration payable in futuro, granted to a son all his estate, including bonds of another son, which were afterwards collected in good money by grantee’s attorneys, who, after retaining the same for several years, paid it over in Confederate money ;</p> <p>Held :</p> <p>The loss no defense to action by grantor’s heirs against grantee to recover the consideration.</p> <p>2. Statute of Limitations—War and slay-law periods.—Suit instituted before January 1, 1889, for payments due in 1866 and 1867 by deed, is not barred, the period between April 17,1861, and January 1,1869, being excluded.</p>