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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... evidence does not prove an ouster of Kretzer by Wysong : on the contrary , the evidence serves to shew that Kretzer continued in possession of the land notwithstanding the execution of the writ of habere facias possessionem , gathered ...
... evidence does not prove an ouster of Kretzer by Wysong : on the contrary , the evidence serves to shew that Kretzer continued in possession of the land notwithstanding the execution of the writ of habere facias possessionem , gathered ...
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... evidence was not then ob- jected to by the plaintiff . The jury , however , did not agree on a verdict , and they were dismissed , and the cause continued . On the second trial of the cause the defendants again offered evidence to prove ...
... evidence was not then ob- jected to by the plaintiff . The jury , however , did not agree on a verdict , and they were dismissed , and the cause continued . On the second trial of the cause the defendants again offered evidence to prove ...
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... evidence to Governor prove a local usage or custom at Lynchburg , existing in 1829-30 , in the very teeth of the ... evidence under the plea of " conditions performed , " see Fairfax v . Lewis , 2 Rand . 20 . Grattan , for the appellee ...
... evidence to Governor prove a local usage or custom at Lynchburg , existing in 1829-30 , in the very teeth of the ... evidence under the plea of " conditions performed , " see Fairfax v . Lewis , 2 Rand . 20 . Grattan , for the appellee ...
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... evidence . And of that proposition there Withers . certainly can be no doubt , unless the Court is prepared to hold that a party cannot , even to subserve his own interests , relinquish , by his most formal act , any of his legal rights ...
... evidence . And of that proposition there Withers . certainly can be no doubt , unless the Court is prepared to hold that a party cannot , even to subserve his own interests , relinquish , by his most formal act , any of his legal rights ...
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... evidence ample to shew that these bonds to James C. and Henry Sears , and the deed of trust made to secure them , were made without consideration , and were fraudulent ; and that the deed was intended to cover the said Dillard's ...
... evidence ample to shew that these bonds to James C. and Henry Sears , and the deed of trust made to secure them , were made without consideration , and were fraudulent ; and that the deed was intended to cover the said Dillard's ...
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