BROWN v. RESORT DEVELOPMENTS

Record No. 880732.

385 S.E.2d 575 (1989)

Samuel R. BROWN, II, Executor, etc. v. RESORT DEVELOPMENTS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel R. Brown, II (Epps & Brown, Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellant.

Thomas S. Carnes (Guy, Cromwell, Betz & Lustig, Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellee.

Present CARRICO, C.J., and COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, THOMAS, WHITING and LACY, JJ.


COMPTON, Justice.

The sole issue on appeal in this chancery proceeding is whether the trial court correctly ruled that a grantor possessed the mental capacity to execute a valid deed.

On September 19, 1986, Edith Hatchel, the grantor, a widow 72 years of age, executed a deed to appellee Resort Developments, the grantee, conveying four parcels of real estate located in the City of Virginia Beach for a total sales price of $70,000. On November 10, 1986, the...

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