DECIDED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA. BY PEACHY R. GRATTAN. VOL. XXVII. FROM JANUARY 1, 1876, TO JANUARY 1, 1877. RICHMOND: R. F. WALKER, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING. 1877. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, by the COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, et Washington. CLEMMITT & JONES, RANDOLPH & ENGLISH, PRINTERS. BINDERS. JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS. R. C. L. MONCURE, PREsident. JOSEPH CHRISTIAN. FRANCIS T. ANDERSON. WALLER R. STAPLES. WOOD BOULDIN.* Attorney General, RALEIGH T. DANIEL. * Judge Bouldin did not sit in any of the cases reported in this volume. on the 10th day of October, A. D. 1876. 76613 He died |