Reports of Cases Decided in the Special Court of Appeals of Virginia, Held at Richmond [1855-1857]: And A General Index to Grattan's Reports from the 2d to the 11th Volume Inclusive, Volume 1G. M. West, 1856 |
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Halaman vii
... of points decided , and the statements of the facts . In reporting the arguments of counsel , we have been Preface to 1st Vol . Douglas ' Reports . guided rather by the interests of the subject - matter PREFACE . vii.
... of points decided , and the statements of the facts . In reporting the arguments of counsel , we have been Preface to 1st Vol . Douglas ' Reports . guided rather by the interests of the subject - matter PREFACE . vii.
Halaman viii
... interests of the subject - matter discussed , than by the ingenuity and learning of counsel . The Reports appear voluminous for the number of cases decided . This is due in a great measure to the number of opinions delivered by the ...
... interests of the subject - matter discussed , than by the ingenuity and learning of counsel . The Reports appear voluminous for the number of cases decided . This is due in a great measure to the number of opinions delivered by the ...
Halaman 8
... interest to the profession ; but because it is a lucid opinion , con- stituting an interesting addition to the case of Owen v . Sharpe . STANARD , J. The appellant by his answer unequivocally denies the trust , charged in the bill to ...
... interest to the profession ; but because it is a lucid opinion , con- stituting an interesting addition to the case of Owen v . Sharpe . STANARD , J. The appellant by his answer unequivocally denies the trust , charged in the bill to ...
Halaman 12
... interests , to which A and his wife and B are made parties . While the suit is pending , A's wife files a petition therein , alleging a divorce from A , and claiming the whole fund in court as a feme sole . About five years after the ...
... interests , to which A and his wife and B are made parties . While the suit is pending , A's wife files a petition therein , alleging a divorce from A , and claiming the whole fund in court as a feme sole . About five years after the ...
Halaman 13
... interest derived through his wife Elizabeth , as one of the children of John Snyder , was , by her petition , sought to be avoided on the ground of the decree of divorce . By that decree the Court of Common Pleas of Bed- ford in ...
... interest derived through his wife Elizabeth , as one of the children of John Snyder , was , by her petition , sought to be avoided on the ground of the decree of divorce . By that decree the Court of Common Pleas of Bed- ford in ...
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adm'r alleged amount appellant appellees assignment bail bond Carlisle cause cestuis que trust champerty chancery chose in action Circuit Court cited claim Clements commissioner committee contract counsel County Court court of equity creditors death debt decree deed defendant demurrer devised discharge Edmunds Elliott entitled et ux evidence ex'or ex'r execution executor Fanny father father's estate fees filed fraud fund Gibson Grat ground hotchpot husband instruction intention interest intestacy intestate January Term John Judge judgment jury legacy legatees Leigh lunatic Lynchburg Madison Major's ment Munf negroes notice opinion paid pari delicto parties payment Perkins petition plaintiff pleaded portion possession posthumous child principle proceeding provision purchase quantum meruit question Ragland received recover Richmond Robert Burton scire facias secret trust settlement sheriff Sherrard slaves Smith statute suit sureties testator Thompson tion trust Turner Venable void wife witnesses writ
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Halaman 250 - Therefore, where, as here, the testator gave all his property to his wife for life, and at her death to his children then living, and in case of their death to their legal, representatives, share and share alike...
Halaman 322 - And indeed in cases where both parties are in delicto, concurring in an illegal act, it does not always follow that they stand in pari delicto, for there may be, and often are, very different degrees in their guilt.
Halaman 73 - The law of maintenance, as I understand it upon the modern constructions, is confined to cases where a man improperly, and for the purpose of stirring up litigation and strife, encourages others either to bring actions, or to make defences which they have no right to make.
Halaman 40 - It is assumed, that, wherever the word " release " is made use of, it must operate absolutely and unconditionally, though immediately and in the same sentence followed by words, which shew it to be partial and particular only, and the general words being in no respect repugnant to the special words, but the latter a qualification merely of the former, leaving the release to operate to every purpose except to the exclusion of the particular purpose, which the parties have declared it to be their intention...
Halaman 195 - Porter, deceased, do out of the assets of said estate in their hands to be administered, pay to the appellant his costs by him expended in the prosecution of his appeal aforesaid here; and this Court proceeding to...
Halaman 36 - A release to one of two joint obligors, or to one of two joint and several obligors, is a release to the other. The bond is thereby discharged as to both, and no action can be sustained upon it. No body denies that this is so, in a court of law; and there is not an instance in any of the books, in which it has been held to be otherwise in a court of equity.
Halaman 40 - I exceedingly commend the Judges that are curious and almost subtil, astuti, to invent reason and means to make acts according to the just intent of the parties, and to avoid wrong and injury, which by rigid rules might be wrought out of the act;" and my Lord Hale in the case of Crossing and Scudamore, 1 Vent.
Halaman 429 - Deft, that in case he shall be cast in this suit he shall pay and satisfy the condemnation of the Court or render his body to Prison in Execution for the same or that the said Thomas will do it for him.
Halaman 231 - And thereupon the plaintiff moved the court to set aside the verdict of the jury, and to grant him a new trial...
Halaman 349 - ... shall succeed to the same portion of the father's estate as such child or children or descendants would have been entitled to if the father had died intestate; towards raising which portion the devisees and legatees, or their representatives, shall contribute proportionably out of the part devised and bequeathed to them by the same will and testament.