VIRGINIA STATE DOCUMENT

Public Do

University of Vers

DECIDED IN THE

SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS

OF VIRGINIA,

BY PEACHY R. GRATTAN.

VOL. XXVIII.

FROM NOVEMBER 1, 1876, TO SEPTEMBER 1, 1877.

RICHMOND:

R. F. WALKER, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING.

1878.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, by the

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CLEMMITT & JONES,

PRINTERS.

RANDOLPH & ENGLISH,

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,

EDWARD C. BURKS.

Attorney General,

RALEIGH T. DANIEL,*

JAMES G. FIELD.

*Mr. Daniel died on the 16th day of August 1877.