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Young v. SkipwithYoung v. Skipwith

Court of Appeals of Virginia
Oct 15, 1796
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This‘was an appeal from a decree of the High Court of Chancery, wherein the appellee ‍​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‍was plaintiff. The suit was brought for a specific execution of an agreement whereby the defendant was to purchase a tract of land on the joint account of himself and ‍​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‍the plaintiff; the prayer of the bill was for a partition of the land according to certain boundaries agreed upon by the parties, and for a conveyance. The Court of ‍​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‍Chancery decreed in favour of the plaintiff and directed the surveyor of the County to run a line of division, and to report the quantity of land on each ‍​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‍side thereof.

After a very lengthy argument in this Court upon the merits of the case, the Court dismissed the appeal, as being prematurely prayed before the final decree, and remanded ‍​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‍the cause to the Court of Chancery.(1)

Notes

(1) Alexander’s heirs v. Coleman, et ux. 6 Munf. 340. Grymes v. Pendleton, Call. 54. Templeman v. Steptoe, l Munf. 368.

Case Details

Case Name: Young v. Skipwith
Court Name: Court of Appeals of Virginia
Date Published: Oct 15, 1796
Citation: 2 Va. 300
Court Abbreviation: Va. Ct. App.
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