Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Volume 91D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Print., 1896 - Law reports, digests, etc Some vols. also contain reports of cases in the General Court of Virginia. |
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... appellees , which he failed to return as required by law , and for that delinquency the appellees brought suit . The sureties made defense substantially on the pleas of non est factum and nul tiel record , and the Circuit Court found ...
... appellees , which he failed to return as required by law , and for that delinquency the appellees brought suit . The sureties made defense substantially on the pleas of non est factum and nul tiel record , and the Circuit Court found ...
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... appellees , on the other hand , contend that their large debt was placed in a different position under the general deed of assignment from that occupied by it as a prior lien on spe- cific property , especially as to the application of ...
... appellees , on the other hand , contend that their large debt was placed in a different position under the general deed of assignment from that occupied by it as a prior lien on spe- cific property , especially as to the application of ...
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... appellees were the defendants . The opinion states the case . Affirmed . Berkley & Harrison , Eugene Withers , M. M. Gilliam and H. M. Tyler , for the appellants . R. G. H. Kean and Kirkpatrick & Blackford , for the appellees . KEITH ...
... appellees were the defendants . The opinion states the case . Affirmed . Berkley & Harrison , Eugene Withers , M. M. Gilliam and H. M. Tyler , for the appellants . R. G. H. Kean and Kirkpatrick & Blackford , for the appellees . KEITH ...
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... appellees is that the amended and supplemental bills are to be taken together as stating the case of the plaintiffs , and that they are obnoxious to the objection of multifariousness ; that there is a misjoinder of plaintiffs , a ...
... appellees is that the amended and supplemental bills are to be taken together as stating the case of the plaintiffs , and that they are obnoxious to the objection of multifariousness ; that there is a misjoinder of plaintiffs , a ...
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... appellees that the rights of the appellant to the property now in controversy were involved in the suit brought by her husband to obtain a divorce from her , and that they are concluded and barred on the principle of res judicata . The ...
... appellees that the rights of the appellant to the property now in controversy were involved in the suit brought by her husband to obtain a divorce from her , and that they are concluded and barred on the principle of res judicata . The ...
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Page 196 - The general rule resulting from considerations as well of justice as of policy is that he who engages in the employment of another for the performance of specified duties and services, for compensation, takes upon himself the natural and ordinary risks and perils incident to the performance of such services, and, in legal presumption, the compensation is adjusted accordingly.
Page 737 - ... of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty ; nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers.
Page 771 - No law shall embrace more than one object which shall be expressed in its title; nor shall any law be revived or amended with reference to its title, but the act revived or the section amended shall be re-enacted and published at length.
Page 728 - That in all capital or criminal prosecutions a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his...
Page 251 - To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said George Waid, Sr., and his heirs forever.
Page 765 - Taxation shall be equal and uniform throughout the State, and all property, both real and personal, shall be taxed in proportion to its value, to be ascertained as directed by law. No one species of property, from which a tax may be collected, shall be taxed higher than any other species of property of equal value...
Page 692 - The remedy must be plain; for if it be doubtful and obscure at law, equity will assert a jurisdiction. It must be adequate; for if at law it falls short of what the party is entitled to, that founds a jurisdiction in equity. And it must be complete; that is, it must attain the full end and justice of the case. It must reach the whole mischief, and secure the whole right of the party in a perfect manner, at the present time, and in the future; otherwise, equity will interfere and give such relief...
Page 712 - The general principle in relation to contracts made in one place to be executed in another, is well settled. They are to be governed by the law of the place of performance, and if the interest allowed by the laws of the place of performance...
Page 778 - ... except in pursuance of an appropriation by law; nor unless such payment be made within two years next after the passage of such appropriation act; and every such law making a new appropriation, or continuing or reviving an appropriation, shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated, and the object to which it is to be applied; and it shall not be sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum.
Page 547 - ... said circuit court for a new trial to be had in accordance with the views expressed in the said written opinion of the court.