Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Volumen49D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Print., 1893 Some vols. also contain reports of cases in the General Court of Virginia. |
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... facts do not prove or tend to prove the truth of the charge complained of , but in fact relieve the plaintiff from the imputation involved in it . And on the This was an action of slander in the Circuit court of Augusta county , brought ...
... facts do not prove or tend to prove the truth of the charge complained of , but in fact relieve the plaintiff from the imputation involved in it . And on the This was an action of slander in the Circuit court of Augusta county , brought ...
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... fact which might constitute a link in the chain of facts establishing the guilt of the plain- tiff , but , on the contrary , evidence which of itself dis- proves the truth of the words spoken , and shews the plaintiff's innocence of the ...
... fact which might constitute a link in the chain of facts establishing the guilt of the plain- tiff , but , on the contrary , evidence which of itself dis- proves the truth of the words spoken , and shews the plaintiff's innocence of the ...
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... fact in issue . The circumstance that the wri- ting declared on in Crawford v . Jarrett was not under seal does not affect the principle involved in this ques- tion . The intention to become a party to , and be bound by the instrument ...
... fact in issue . The circumstance that the wri- ting declared on in Crawford v . Jarrett was not under seal does not affect the principle involved in this ques- tion . The intention to become a party to , and be bound by the instrument ...
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... fact that there is no seal or scroll annexed to the signature of Roler & Craw- ford , and that there are scrolls annexed to the signa- tures of Benjamin Weller and John W. Roler , while it makes the instrument a promissory note as to ...
... fact that there is no seal or scroll annexed to the signature of Roler & Craw- ford , and that there are scrolls annexed to the signa- tures of Benjamin Weller and John W. Roler , while it makes the instrument a promissory note as to ...
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... facts on the part of the appellee . If known to him and concealed from the appellant it would have been a fraud ; but , in the absence of any proof of such knowledge , and from the fact that the appellant was required to transfer the ...
... facts on the part of the appellee . If known to him and concealed from the appellant it would have been a fraud ; but , in the absence of any proof of such knowledge , and from the fact that the appellant was required to transfer the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Absent Cabell action administrator aforesaid amount appear appellant appellees April Term assets assignment assumpsit attestation bill cause cents charged Circuit court claim Commonwealth conveyed County court court of equity covenant damages Davis debt debtor December Term declaration decree deed of trust defendant Dickinson Dinwiddie discharge dollars endorser entitled Epes error evidence executed executor fact filed forthcoming bond Gratt heirs Hoomes's adm'r indictment January Term John Archer John Hoomes Joseph Cross Judge judgment July Term jurisdiction juror jury Kentucky land legatees Leigh Lewis lien ment Mieure mitigation of damages motion Munf Myrick's ex'ors obligors October Term overruled paid parties payment person plaintiff plaintiff in error plea prisoner proceedings proceeds proved purchase money question record rendered rents Richard Hoomes set-off sheriff shew slaves sold statute suit supersedeas sureties testator thereof tion tract trial verdict warranty wife William William D witnesses writ
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Página 423 - This is surely only a jest put upon the jurisdiction of this court by the common lawyers; for when you go about to bind the lands and grant a sequestration to execute a decree, then they readily tell you that the authority of this court is only to regulate a man's conscience, and ought not to affect the estate, but that this court must...
Página 252 - We think, then, that there is no error in the decree of the circuit court for the district of...
Página 323 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner hereinafter mentioned ; (that is to say), it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction; and such signature...
Página 676 - that whoever drew blood in the streets should be punished with the utmost severity,' did not extend to the surgeon who opened the vein of a person that fell down in the street in a fit.
Página 25 - ... extend to proceedings in admiralty, it was a case for the original jurisdiction of the supreme court. It cannot be sustained as a suit prosecuted not against the state, but against the thing; because the thing was not in possession of the district court. "We are therefore of opinion that there is error in so much of the decree of the circuit court as directs that the said slaves...
Página 411 - Upon the authority of these cases, and of others which are to be found in the books, as well as upon general principles, this court is of opinion that, in a case of fraud, of trust, or of contract, the jurisdiction of a court of chancery is sustainable wherever the person be found, although lands not within the jurisdiction of that court may be affected by the decree.
Página 323 - And no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner hereinafter mentioned; (that is to say) it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction ; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two 'or more witnesses present at the same time; and such witnesses shall attest and subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation shall be...
Página 316 - The object of the law can only be effectuated when the testator is so situated, both as to the will and the witnesses, that he may, if he choose, see both, in the act of attestation. And it is wholly immaterial whether the attestation be in the same room or in a different room.
Página 118 - It is indispensable for the plaintiff to go further, and to establish, by independent evidence, the extent of the balance due him, before there can arise any promise to pay it as a subsisting debt. The acknowledgment of the party, then, does not constitute the sole ground of the new implied promise, but it requires other intrinsic aid before it can possess legal certainty.
Página 314 - ... signed by the testator or by some one in his or her presence and by his or her direction, and attested by two or more credible witnesses.