Rowe v. Marchant

Citations

• 86 Va. 177
• 9 S.E. 995
• 1889 Va. LEXIS 24

Syllabus

<p>Gifts—Delivery—Htatute of limitations—Netv promise—Case at bar.—R. and IVI. resided together. M. held bonds on R. which were barred by the statute of limitations. R. supposing II. to be in extremis, took and destroyed the bonds. M. recovering, R. acknowledgecLthat he destroyed the bonds, and that they were unpaid, and stated their amounts. Held : (1) There was no such delivery as constituted a gift. Yancey v. Field, 85 Va., 756. (2) The acknowledgment implied a promise to pay the bonds. ’ Aylett v. Robinson, 9 Leigh, 45.</p>