Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of VirginiaD. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Print., 1878 Some vols. also contain reports of cases in the General Court of Virginia. |
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... taken in connection with No. 2 , it would not be in conformity with the requirement of the statute , " wholly written by the testator . " Though No. 1 could not be probated as the will of decedent , I was inclined to the opinion that No ...
... taken in connection with No. 2 , it would not be in conformity with the requirement of the statute , " wholly written by the testator . " Though No. 1 could not be probated as the will of decedent , I was inclined to the opinion that No ...
Stran 52
... taken by both parties , and both Joseph W. and William S. Colbert were examined for the defendants ; and their evidence was excepted to by the plaintiffs , on the ground that Hord being dead , they were incompetent to testify . It ap ...
... taken by both parties , and both Joseph W. and William S. Colbert were examined for the defendants ; and their evidence was excepted to by the plaintiffs , on the ground that Hord being dead , they were incompetent to testify . It ap ...
Stran 54
... taken January Term . by Hord's administrator to this court . Hord's adm'r v . Colbert & als . • Before considering the case upon its merits , it is necessary to dispose of a preliminary question raised by the exceptions to the ...
... taken January Term . by Hord's administrator to this court . Hord's adm'r v . Colbert & als . • Before considering the case upon its merits , it is necessary to dispose of a preliminary question raised by the exceptions to the ...
Stran 56
... taken under a general com- mission . Whatever may have been the distinction formerly between parties and other witnesses , that distinction has been entirely abrogated by the statute , which de- clares that no witness shall be ...
... taken under a general com- mission . Whatever may have been the distinction formerly between parties and other witnesses , that distinction has been entirely abrogated by the statute , which de- clares that no witness shall be ...
Stran 57
... taken , the counsel of the plaintiff was pre- sent at the examination in chief ; but did not cross- examine . When the deposition was completed an ex- ception was then taken for the first time to the testi- mony on the ground already ...
... taken , the counsel of the plaintiff was pre- sent at the examination in chief ; but did not cross- examine . When the deposition was completed an ex- ception was then taken for the first time to the testi- mony on the ground already ...
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&als acres adm'r adm'x administrator affirmed aforesaid agent alleged amount appellant appellee authority Barger bill of exceptions bond Buchanan cause certificate charged circuit court claim clause commissioner Confederate money constitution contract conveyance conveyed Cooper counsel county court court of equity creditors debtor debts due declared decree deed of trust defendant delivered the opinion depreciated currency Dinwiddie Dinwiddie County docketed entitled equity evidence ex'or ex's executed executors fact Fauquier county filed fraud fraudulent Gratt indictment insured interest issue January Term Judge judgment July Term jury lien March Term ment Mills motion owner paid parties payable payment person plaintiff plaintiff in error possession purchase money question real estate received record rendered Richmond secure Shelor sold statute Stuart suit supersedeas Tazewell county testator therein thereof tion trial United Utterb'k's Utterback valid verdict Virginia wharf William William Nash witness
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Stran 209 - The question, whether a law be void for its repugnancy to the constitution, is, at all times, a question of much delicacy, which ought seldom, if ever, to be decided in the affirmative, in a doubtful case.
Stran 905 - Probable cause" has been defined as a reasonable ground of suspicion supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in the belief that the person accused is guilty of the offense with which he is charged.
Stran 389 - And it is further provided in the policy that, "if the interest of the assured in the property be any other than the entire, unconditional, and sole ownership of the property, for the use and benefit of the assured...
Stran 38 - A sentence of a court pronounced against a party without hearing him, or giving him an opportunity to be heard, is not a judicial determination of his rights, and is not entitled to respect in any other tribunal.
Stran 209 - But it is not on slight implication and vague conjecture that the legislature is to be pronounced to have transcended its powers, and its acts to be considered as void. The opposition between the constitution and the law should be such that the judge feels a clear and strong conviction of their incompatibility with each other.
Stran 984 - The obligation of a contract is "the law which binds the parties to perform their agreement." Sturges v. Crowninshield, 4 Wheat. 122, 197; Story, op. cit., § 1378. This Court has said that "the laws which subsist at the time and place of the making of a contract, and where it is to be performed, enter into and form a part of it, as if they were expressly referred to or incorporated in its terms.
Stran 405 - The fundamental rule in construing statutes is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature.
Stran 105 - NY, 405 it was held that no rule in the interpretation of a policy is more fully established, or more imperative and controlling, than that which declares that in all cases it must be liberally construed in favor of the insured, so as not to defeat, without a plain necessity, his claim to the indemnity, which in making the insurance it was his object to secure.
Stran 517 - ... and shall also produce a certificate, under the hand and seal of a magistrate or notary public, (nearest the place of the fire, not concerned in the loss as a creditor or otherwise, nor related to the assured,) stating that he has examined the circumstances attending the loss, knows the character and circumstances of the assured, and verily believes that the assured has, without fraud, sustained loss on the property insured to the amount which such magistrate or notary public shall certify.
Stran 914 - ... piece or parcel of land, lying and being in the county of , and state of Minnesota, to wit: [describe land or premises granted].