Morris' Adm'r v. Davis

Citations

• 83 Va. 297
• 8 S.E. 247
• 1887 Va. LEXIS 67

Syllabus

<p>Lands—Joint purchase—Case at bar.—D. D. being unable to pay balance on land bought by him, his sister M. and brother S. D. contributed the money and purchased the land, which was conveyed to S. ID. The amount furnished by M. was three thousand dollars. After her death, M.’s administrator claimed that M. had loaned this sum to S. D. to help buy the land conveyed to him. Upon the evidence—</p> <p>Held :</p> <p>That sum represents not a debt of S. D. to M , but her proportion- ' ate share of the land.</p>