Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Volume 15I. Riley, 1812 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... proved to the Jury . ( c ) We have , ( c ) Ford v . therefore , a right to presume that , in the original suit Hen . & Munf . brought to establish the debt , a verdict was found against the defendant on an issue joined on the plea of ...
... proved to the Jury . ( c ) We have , ( c ) Ford v . therefore , a right to presume that , in the original suit Hen . & Munf . brought to establish the debt , a verdict was found against the defendant on an issue joined on the plea of ...
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... proved to be in his hands ; ( ƒ ) though the case was formerly taken to be , that if any assets , how- ever small , were proved to be unadministered , the plaintiff was entitled to recover his whole demand from the execu- tor : so that ...
... proved to be in his hands ; ( ƒ ) though the case was formerly taken to be , that if any assets , how- ever small , were proved to be unadministered , the plaintiff was entitled to recover his whole demand from the execu- tor : so that ...
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... proved , by the verdict of a Jury , a devastavit on the executor or administrator , as the case may be , and then no farther than assets shall appear to have come into his hands ; I therefore concur in the opinion , that the judg- ment ...
... proved , by the verdict of a Jury , a devastavit on the executor or administrator , as the case may be , and then no farther than assets shall appear to have come into his hands ; I therefore concur in the opinion , that the judg- ment ...
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... proved that , some time about the 3d of August , 1798 , of credibility . the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of 2. An award 371. 8s . 3d . for the carriage of tobacco and other produce ; made penden- te lite , cannot ...
... proved that , some time about the 3d of August , 1798 , of credibility . the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of 2. An award 371. 8s . 3d . for the carriage of tobacco and other produce ; made penden- te lite , cannot ...
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... proved that Stevens himself believed him to be so , but at the time of the trade told Harrison he expected he would get the money upon application . It was also proved by a certain William Shelton that , some short time after the trade ...
... proved that Stevens himself believed him to be so , but at the time of the trade told Harrison he expected he would get the money upon application . It was also proved by a certain William Shelton that , some short time after the trade ...
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act of Assembly action ad quod damnum administrator admitted affirmed aforesaid Anne Gathright Anne Murray answer appears appellant appellee APRIL bill bond cause Chancellor Charles Curtis claim clause Commissioners Commonwealth complainant considered contract conveyance counsel County Court Court of Chancery Court of Equity creditor Daniel Duval death debt deceased decision declaration decree deed defendant demurrer deposition devastavit devised Dilliard District Court Duval Elizabeth Steptoe entitled entry escheat evidence execution executor Fairfax's Devisee Farris father favour granted heirs Howell infant interlocutory decree issue John Judge FLEMING Judge ROANE Judge TUCKER judgment Jury Lord Fairfax MARCH ment mother Northern Neck OCTOBER opinion parties patent payment Payne personal estate plaintiff plea pleaded possession prison proceedings proved purchase question record reversed Rowland Madison rule Sheriff shew slaves statute Steptoe sufficient suit taken Templeman testator thereof tion Tomlinson verdict Walter Coles William witness words writ Wyatt
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Page ii - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 623 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war, and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property...
Page 622 - ... estates, rights and properties, as may have been confiscated; and that Congress shall also earnestly recommend to the several states a reconsideration and revision of all acts or laws regarding the premises, so as to render the said laws or acts perfectly consistent, not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation, which on the return of the blessings of peace should universally prevail.
Page 623 - ... war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property; and that those who may be in confinement on such charges, at the time of the ratification of the treaty in America, shall be immediately set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenced be discontinued.
Page 149 - For it is a part of the liberties of England, and greatly for the safety of the subject, that the king may not enter upon or seize any man's possessions upon bare surmises without the intervention of a jury, (z) It is however particularly enacted by the statute 33 Hen.
Page 483 - The legislature may provide by- law that no person shall be capable of holding or being elected to .any post of profit, trust, or emolument, civil or military, legislative, executive, or judicial, under the government of this commonwealth, who shall hereafter fight a duel, or send or accept a challenge to fight a duel...
Page 284 - Ireland upon bills of indictment,' to wit in the parish of St. Mark, in the county of the city of Dublin aforesaid, and this he is ready to verify ; wherefore he prays judgment of the said indictment, and that the same may be quashed, and so forth.
Page 187 - an act to reduce into one the several acts directing the course of descents...
Page 475 - Offices, which are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging, are also incorporeal hereditaments, whether public, as those of magistrates, or private, as of bailiffs, receivers, and the like.
Page 504 - ... was, whether the defendant was guilty in manner and form as charged in the...