Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Volume 46D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Print., 1898 - Law reports, digests, etc Some vols. also contain reports of cases in the General Court of Virginia. |
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... damages are merely nominal ; and the omission of them would in no wise affect the validity of the proceeding . It is not in- cumbent upon the plaintiff to adduce evidence of any specific injury : he need prove no assault or battery , or ...
... damages are merely nominal ; and the omission of them would in no wise affect the validity of the proceeding . It is not in- cumbent upon the plaintiff to adduce evidence of any specific injury : he need prove no assault or battery , or ...
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... damages for the specific injury he has sustained ; for a real , and not a supposed assault or battery , or false imprisonment . And against continued force he may invoke the high and summary remedy by writ of habeas corpus . Persons are ...
... damages for the specific injury he has sustained ; for a real , and not a supposed assault or battery , or false imprisonment . And against continued force he may invoke the high and summary remedy by writ of habeas corpus . Persons are ...
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... damages given would be for the injury sustained by the plaintiff , not for a benefit received by the defendant ? But if it be true , as it unquestionably is , that persons in the status of slavery are , in contemplation of law , slaves ...
... damages given would be for the injury sustained by the plaintiff , not for a benefit received by the defendant ? But if it be true , as it unquestionably is , that persons in the status of slavery are , in contemplation of law , slaves ...
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... damages for their detention . I am well satisfied , for the reasons above suggested , that persons born in slavery who recover their freedom have no right to mesne profits , unless under the provision of some special statute : and if ...
... damages for their detention . I am well satisfied , for the reasons above suggested , that persons born in slavery who recover their freedom have no right to mesne profits , unless under the provision of some special statute : and if ...
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... damages , in which the jury might take into their estimate of the damages other things beside the amount of their debts ; and because the amount of the sale and the judgment was not more than sufficient to satisfy the debts secured by ...
... damages , in which the jury might take into their estimate of the damages other things beside the amount of their debts ; and because the amount of the sale and the judgment was not more than sufficient to satisfy the debts secured by ...
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Page 582 - The judicial power of this State, both as to matters of law and equity, shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in Courts of Common Pleas for each County, in Justices of the Peace, and in such other courts as the Legislature may, from time to time, establish.
Page 501 - The defendant after conviction is entitled to all the benefit of the act for the relief of insolvent debtors...
Page 582 - The supreme court, except as otherwise provided in this constitution, shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which shall be co-extensive with the state, and shall have a general superintending control over all inferior courts, under such regulations and limitations as may be prescribed by law.
Page 700 - ... and every such ship or vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all materials, arms, ammunition and stores, which may have been procured for the building and equipment thereof, shall be forfeited, one half to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use of the United States.
Page 317 - ... so far as respects debts contracted subsequent to the passage of such law. Thirdly, but that a certificate of discharge under such a law cannot be pleaded in bar of an action brought by a citizen of another State in the courts of the United States, or of any other State than that where the discharge was obtained.
Page 216 - And if the existence of a record be denied, it shall be tried by nothing but itself: that is, upon bare inspection ' whether there be any such record or no ; else there would be no end of disputes.
Page 580 - to provide for the more convenient organization of the courts of the United States...
Page 525 - ... the chancery court of the city of Richmond, and in all other cases in which it may be necessary to prevent a failure of justice, in which a mandamus may issue according to the principles of the common law.
Page 590 - No law abolishing any court shall be construed to deprive a judge thereof of his office, unless two-thirds of the members of each House present concur in the passing thereof; but the legislature may assign other judicial duties to the judges of courts abolished by any law enacted by less than two-thirds of the members of each House present.
Page 377 - Philadelphia his wife, for and during the term of their natural lives, and the life of the survivor of them...