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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... husband , on the ground of a fraudulent misrepre- sentation and concealment . The cause was so proceeded in that the accounts were referred to a commissioner , who was directed to disregard the release ; and he accordingly stated the ac ...
... husband , on the ground of a fraudulent misrepre- sentation and concealment . The cause was so proceeded in that the accounts were referred to a commissioner , who was directed to disregard the release ; and he accordingly stated the ac ...
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... husband had conveyed it with gene- ral warranty , then , according to the principles of the common law , the heirs would have been bound by the collateral warranty of their ancestor . And now , under our statute , by the terms of the ...
... husband had conveyed it with gene- ral warranty , then , according to the principles of the common law , the heirs would have been bound by the collateral warranty of their ancestor . And now , under our statute , by the terms of the ...
Page 69
... husband , whose duty it was to protect her rights . There is no mode of di- vesting a wife's estate in lands , but ... husband took the legal title in trust for the equitable owner . And if this be not so , the husband may by his own act ...
... husband , whose duty it was to protect her rights . There is no mode of di- vesting a wife's estate in lands , but ... husband took the legal title in trust for the equitable owner . And if this be not so , the husband may by his own act ...
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... husband and wife , had precisely the same effect in law , as a grant to them , during the lives of both , and after the death of either , to the survivor alone . Upon the death of Mrs. Norman , therefore , it is clear that her husband ...
... husband and wife , had precisely the same effect in law , as a grant to them , during the lives of both , and after the death of either , to the survivor alone . Upon the death of Mrs. Norman , therefore , it is clear that her husband ...
Page 77
... husband's tenancy by the cur- tesy . But by the patent which actually issued , the en- tire tract was granted jointly to Norman and wife , the former claiming by purchase the undivided moiety of 1848 . April Term . Norman's ex'x V ...
... husband's tenancy by the cur- tesy . But by the patent which actually issued , the en- tire tract was granted jointly to Norman and wife , the former claiming by purchase the undivided moiety of 1848 . April Term . Norman's ex'x V ...
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acres action ad quod damnum adm'r aforesaid alleged Appellate Court appellee April Term assigned authority bill of exceptions bond bridge Carper cause certificate Chancery Circuit Court claim clerk commissioner common law Commonwealth Constitution contract conveyance conveyed County Court Court of Appeals Court of Chancery Court of Equity covenant creditor damages debt declaration decree deed defendant delivered discharge dollars Dudley Dunn's equity error estoppel evidence ex'or execution fact filed heirs injunction January Term John Judges judgment judicial July Term jurisdiction jury justices land Legislature Leigh Lumpkin marriage Mead ment Morris Munf objection October Term opinion parol parties patent person plaintiff plaintiff in error plea Pollard possession proceedings proof prove purchase question record reversed Robert Pollard salt shew slaves Special Court statute suit Superior Courts Supreme Court tenant thereof tion Toncray tract trial trust verdict wife William witness writ
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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...