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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Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals. JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS . JAMES KEITH , PRESIDENT . JOHN W. RIELY . RICHARD H. CARDWELL ... JUDGE BENJAMIN WATKINS LACY . D The following proceedings and.
Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals. JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS . JAMES KEITH , PRESIDENT . JOHN W. RIELY . RICHARD H. CARDWELL ... JUDGE BENJAMIN WATKINS LACY . D The following proceedings and.
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Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals. 1 1 JUDGE BENJAMIN WATKINS LACY . The following proceedings and resolutions.
Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals. 1 1 JUDGE BENJAMIN WATKINS LACY . The following proceedings and resolutions.
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Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals. JUDGE BENJAMIN WATKINS LACY . D The following proceedings and resolutions of the Bar Asso- ciation of Virginia relative to the death of Judge Benjamin W. Lacy were presented to the Court at Richmond ...
Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals. JUDGE BENJAMIN WATKINS LACY . D The following proceedings and resolutions of the Bar Asso- ciation of Virginia relative to the death of Judge Benjamin W. Lacy were presented to the Court at Richmond ...
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... judge of the county courts of Charles City and New Kent counties , organized under the new constitution of this State just then adopted , which courts then had general jurisdiction . This position Judge Lacy held until a change in our ...
... judge of the county courts of Charles City and New Kent counties , organized under the new constitution of this State just then adopted , which courts then had general jurisdiction . This position Judge Lacy held until a change in our ...
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... Judge Lacy was chosen by the Legislature as Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit , composed of the Pen- insula counties , and to fill the vacancy caused by the death . of Hon . Robert L. Montague . With distinction he presided over the ...
... Judge Lacy was chosen by the Legislature as Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit , composed of the Pen- insula counties , and to fill the vacancy caused by the death . of Hon . Robert L. Montague . With distinction he presided over 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.
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