Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Volume 134Department of Purchase and Supply, 1923 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... claims to have acquired , from the for- mer owner of the surface of the three and one - half acre tract and from the appellant , R. L. Reedy , as the former owner of the surface of the nineteen acre tract prior to the acquisition of ...
... claims to have acquired , from the for- mer owner of the surface of the three and one - half acre tract and from the appellant , R. L. Reedy , as the former owner of the surface of the nineteen acre tract prior to the acquisition of ...
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... claims , the appel- lants had full notice , actual or constructive , before ap- pellants acquired such lands , which contracts have been so far partly performed on the part of the appellee , as it claims , that in a court of equity the ...
... claims , the appel- lants had full notice , actual or constructive , before ap- pellants acquired such lands , which contracts have been so far partly performed on the part of the appellee , as it claims , that in a court of equity the ...
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... claim upon the appellee for any other damages or that she ever forbid , or objected to , the construction or operation of the railroad upon and Statement . Her And over the said three and a v . 9 BUCKLES V. KENNEDY C. CORP . , 134 VA . 1 .
... claim upon the appellee for any other damages or that she ever forbid , or objected to , the construction or operation of the railroad upon and Statement . Her And over the said three and a v . 9 BUCKLES V. KENNEDY C. CORP . , 134 VA . 1 .
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... claim as being correct , until about a year after the narrow gauge road was com- pleted , when he and some other parties were talking over matters upon the creek and they went to the clerk's office and found out what rights they thought ...
... claim as being correct , until about a year after the narrow gauge road was com- pleted , when he and some other parties were talking over matters upon the creek and they went to the clerk's office and found out what rights they thought ...
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... claim on that occasion ( when the witness for appellee just referred to was present ) , first said that " I don't remember , " then that " I don't know that he did . " The third person present on the occasion just referred to , when put ...
... claim on that occasion ( when the witness for appellee just referred to was present ) , first said that " I don't remember , " then that " I don't know that he did . " The third person present on the occasion just referred to , when put ...
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accused action Affirmed aforesaid alleged appellant appellee ardent spirits assignment of error attorney authority Bar.-In the instant bill cause charge Circuit Court claim coal Code codicil Commission Commonwealth complainant Constitution contract conviction corporation counsel court of equity culvert company damages deceased decree deed of trust defendant demurrer dence Dickenson county easement effect evidence executed fact fixed follows franchise fraud grant Gratt guilty held indictment judge judgment land Linkous ment municipality negligence November 16 offense optic atrophy ordinance owner parol parties person plaintiff in error public service purchase question Quinn railroad rates reasonable record Reedy refusing rule section 125 September 21 shooting Shumate standard gauge Statement statute suit Syllabus testator testified testimony thereof tion town trial court vendees vendors verdict Virginia W. H. Smith warrant whiskey wife Wise county witness
Popular passages
Page 270 - It is a finality as to the claim or demand in controversy, concluding parties and those in privity with them, not only as to every matter which was offered and received to sustain or defeat the claim or demand, but as to any other admissible matter which might have been offered for that purpose...
Page 26 - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said William Kemp as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Page 842 - In considering the operation of this judgment, it should be borne in mind, as stated by counsel, that there is a difference between the effect of a judgment as a bar or estoppel against the prosecution of a second action upon the same claim or demand, and its effect as an estoppel in another action between the same parties upon a different claim or cause of action.
Page 184 - ... the exercise of the police power of the State shall never be abridged or so construed as to permit corporations to conduct their business in such manner as to infringe the equal rights of individuals or the general well-being of the State.
Page 139 - Every such grant shall specify the mode of determining any valuation therein provided for, and shall make adequate provision by way of forfeiture of the grant, or otherwise, to secure efficiency of public service at reasonable rates, and the maintenance of the property in good order throughout the term of the grant.
Page 130 - Those directions which are not of the essence of the thing to be done, but which are given with a view merely to the proper, orderly and prompt conduct of the business, and by the failure to obey which the rights of those interested will not be prejudiced, are not commonly to be regarded as mandatory...
Page 171 - And the General Assembly shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on the different railroads in this State.
Page 593 - And no person shall ever be admitted to hold a seat in the Legislature, or any office of trust or importance under the government of this Commonwealth, who shall in the due course of law, have been convicted of bribery or corruption, in obtaining an election or appointment.
Page 171 - No law shall be passed by the General Assembly, granting the right to construct and operate a Street Railroad within any city, town, or incorporated village, without requiring the consent of the local authorities having the control of the street or highway proposed to be occupied by such Street Railroad.
Page 722 - ... similar public assemblies on that day; the churches and church organizations which abound in every city, town and hamlet; the multitude of charitable organizations existing everywhere under Christian auspices; the gigantic missionary associations with general support, and aiming to establish Christian missions in every quarter of the globe. These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation.