Taylor v. Wallace

Decided November 15, 1786

Court of Appeals of Virginia · decided 1786-11-15

<p>Parol Gift of Slaves to Feme Sole — Validity—Statute*— Case at Bar. — A verbal gift of slaves to a feme sole, to whose husband upon her subsequent marriage, they were delivered, and by him kept till his death, four years after the marriage, is within the statutes for preventing fraudulent gifts of slaves.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently January 1921

1 state decisions

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Decided 1786-11-15

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¶1This was an adjourned case from the high court of chancery; and the question stated for the opinion of the court of appeals was,

¶2Whether a verbal gift of slaves to an unmarried woman, to whose husband the slaves, upon his marriage, were delivered, and in whose possession the same remained until his death, four years after the mar*664riage, be within the statutes for preventing fraudulent gifts of staves?

¶3The court of appeals (Mercer, judge, dissenting) certified their opinion to be, that the said gift was void, and within the statutes for preventing fraudulent gifts of slaves.