Southall v. M'Keand
From Wythepedia: The George Wythe Encyclopedia
Southall v. M'Keand, Wythe 95 (1791),[1] was a case involving a dispute over a parcel of land in Richmond that was a prize in a lottery William Byrd III held to help pay his debts.
Background
In order to help pay off some debts he had accumulated, William Byrd III held a lottery in 1767.[2] Prizes in this lottery were parcels of land
The Court's Decision
Wythe's Dissent
References
- Jump up ↑ George Wythe, Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery, (Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicolson, 1795), 95.
- Jump up ↑ "William Byrd III", The Colonial Williamsburg Official History & Citizenship Site, http://www.history.org/almanack/people/bios/biowbyrd.cfm
