Same estates may be created by deed as by will (§ 55-6)—Virginia Decoded

Same estates may be created by deed as by will

Any interest in or claim to real estate, including easements in gross, may be disposed of by deed or will. Any estate may be made to commence in futuro, by deed, in like manner as by will; and any estate which would be good as an executory devise or bequest shall be good if created by deed.

History

Code 1919, § 5147; 1962, c. 169.

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Court Decisions

County School Board v. Dowell (SCV, 03/13/50)
. . . could be disposed of by deed or will under section 55-6 of the Code of 1950, by the successive . . .

United States v. Charles Alton Sellers, Jr. (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 11/30/77)
. . . & Admin.News, pp. 6351, 6354-55 . . .

. . . Mary Rose Turner, Individually and T/a Rosie's Place II John . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 05/03/88)
. . . . . .

Corbett v. Ruben (SCV, 04/30/82)
. . . Corporation, the General Assembly amended Code | 55-6 (which provides what property interests may be . . .

United States v. Blackman (SCV, 06/09/05)
. . . the common law rule, currently embodied in Code § 55-6, we have recognized that an affirmative . . .

. . . Schneider Mills, Inc. And Jimmy and Josh, Inc. v. National . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 01/08/68)
. . . was false in any other respect. . . .

. . . Fred Thompson v. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, an . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 09/14/66)
. . . Singletary, Jr. 10/14/55 10/14/55 . . .

Eubank v. Hayden (SCV, 04/24/61)
. . . either, or payable to the survivor. See Code || 6-55, 6-55.1; King Merryman, 196 Va. 844, 86 . . .

Hoover v. Smith (SCV, 06/10/94)
. . . been abolished by statute. See Code §§ 55-5 and 55-6. . . .

Hise v. BARC Elec. Co-Op. (SCV, 09/12/97)
. . . easement is transferable by the grantee. Code § 55-6; Corbett, 223 Va. at 472 n. 2, 290 S.E.2d at . . .

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