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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... directing a sale of the slave Squire for the purpose of a division among the distributees of Edmund Wood . From this decree Rosser applied for and obtained an appeal to this Court . Wood V. Depriest & als . 1848 . April Term . Rosser ex ...
... directing a sale of the slave Squire for the purpose of a division among the distributees of Edmund Wood . From this decree Rosser applied for and obtained an appeal to this Court . Wood V. Depriest & als . 1848 . April Term . Rosser ex ...
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... directing that in the settlement of his accounts the hires of said slave shall be debited to the executor in the respective years in which they should have fallen due , so as to affect the annual balances upon which interest is allowed ...
... directing that in the settlement of his accounts the hires of said slave shall be debited to the executor in the respective years in which they should have fallen due , so as to affect the annual balances upon which interest is allowed ...
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... directed to prose- cute actions in forma pauperis , in their behalf , if detained in servitude ; and if it should appear that they were entitled to freedom by the statute , a jury was to be empanneled to assess damages for their ...
... directed to prose- cute actions in forma pauperis , in their behalf , if detained in servitude ; and if it should appear that they were entitled to freedom by the statute , a jury was to be empanneled to assess damages for their ...
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... directed to disregard the release ; and he accordingly stated the ac- count , in which he charged the administrator with the goods and debts which had been covered by the release . The administrator excepted to the report ; and after ex ...
... directed to disregard the release ; and he accordingly stated the ac- count , in which he charged the administrator with the goods and debts which had been covered by the release . The administrator excepted to the report ; and after ex ...
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... directed an issue to try whether the said deed was made by the grantor , Kemp Dillard , with intent or purpose to delay , hinder or defraud his creditors ; and if so whether the said James C. and Henry Sears , and George Booth , or any ...
... directed an issue to try whether the said deed was made by the grantor , Kemp Dillard , with intent or purpose to delay , hinder or defraud his creditors ; and if so whether the said James C. and Henry Sears , and George Booth , or any ...
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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.
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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...
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