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§ 11-9 Writing payable to deceased person

A bond, note or other writing to a person or persons who, or some of whom, are dead at the time of its execution, shall be as valid as if such person or persons were then alive.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1919, as § 5761.

Code 1919, § 5761.

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Court Decisions

Ivan Teleguz v. Eddie Pearson (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 08/08/12)
. . . PUBLISHED . . .

Ivan Teleguz v. Eddie L. Pearson (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 08/02/12)
. . . Vacated in part and remanded by published opinion. Judge WWNN wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ . . .

Ivan Teleguz v. David Zook (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 11/30/15)
. . . PUBLISHED . . .

Taneeb v. Branch Banking & Trust Co., Inc. (District Court, W.D. Virginia, 12/18/08)
. . . (2008) . . .

Phillips v. Rohrbaugh (SCV, 10/21/21)
. . . PRESENT: All the Justices . . .

Jones v. Brandt (SCV, 06/08/07)
. . . 645 S.E.2d 312 (2007) . . .

Ott v. L & J HOLDINGS, LLC (SCV, 01/11/08)
. . . 654 S.E.2d 902 (2008) . . .

. . . Rebecca K. Taylor, s/k/a Rebecca Knight Taylor v. . . . (COA, 01/27/15)
. . . PETTY, Judge. . . .

Chandra Balderson v. Lincare Inc. (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 03/15/23)
. . . USCA4 Appeal: 21-1753 Doc: 33 Filed: 03/15/2023 Pg: 1 of 21 . . .

Chandra Balderson v. Lincare Inc. (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 03/15/23)
. . . USCA4 Appeal: 21-1765 Doc: 32 Filed: 03/15/2023 Pg: 1 of 21 . . .

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