Waller v. Johnson

Citations

• 82 Va. 966
• 7 S.E. 382
• 1887 Va. LEXIS 166

Syllabus

<p>Post-Nuptial ¡Settlements—Collusion to annul—Case at bar.—In 1874 J. settled his property on his wife. In 1881 W. claimed to be a creditor of J. by notes made for money loaned before and after 1874, and sued J. and wife to annul the settlement as fraudulent, and replied to the plea of the statute of limitations a written promise of J. to pay the debt. The evidence showing that W. was without means to have loaned the money, and was living adulterously with J., and that the claim and suit was a collusive scheme between J. and W. to defraud the wife of the property, the circuit court dismissed W.’s bill. On appeal—</p> <p>Held :</p> <p>No error in the decree appealed from.</p>