Smith v. Smith

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that neither husband nor wife can defeat, by a separate act, the rights of the other in an estate by the entirety
• explaining that in a tenancy by the entirety, each spouse is “seized with the entire estate, and upon the death of one the survivor takes the whole”
• same, when title to property is placed in name of one whom person advancing funds has no legal duty to support
• chancery courts may exercise their general equity jurisdiction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lightburn v. Lightburn
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-06-25· cited 82×
• Parra v. Parra
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1985-10-15· cited 70×
• Verrocchio v. Verrocchio
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-04-27· cited 52×
• Salyer v. Salyer
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-12-01· cited 26×
• Bennet v. First & Merchants National Bank
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-04-24· cited 15×
• Guy v. Guy
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-03-09· cited 15×
• Thomas v. Peyton
  E.D. Virginia· 2001-08-06· cited 9×
• Muth v. Gamble
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-12-01· cited 3×
• Jones v. Phillips
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2020-12-03
• Link v. Link
  Frederick County Circuit Court· 1988-03-22
• Grubbs v. Grubbs
  Virginia Circuit Court· 1977-03-08
• Ross v. Laurel Glen Homeowners Ass'n
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1997-08-04

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Barnes v. American Fertilizer Co.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1925-12-17· cited 124×
• Gloth v. Gloth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1930-06-12· cited 87×
• Bray v. Landergren
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1934-01-11· cited 61×
• McCotter v. Carle
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1927-12-22· cited 40×
• Beecher v. Wilson, Burns & Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1888-04-26· cited 29×
• Neblett v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1925-05-28· cited 27×
• Kellow v. Bumgardner
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-09-08· cited 17×
• Brewer v. Brewer
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1958-03-10· cited 12×
• Wilson v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-05-03· cited 10×
• Watson v. Mose
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1936-01-16· cited 7×