Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Band 80D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Print., 1886 Some vols. also contain reports of cases in the General Court of Virginia. |
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... answer to the bill . He admitted the facts as stated in the bill , but insisted that Walton Craig , administrator of Peter Craig , deceased , rested on the decree of September , 1871 , and instituted a chancery suit to charge said ...
... answer to the bill . He admitted the facts as stated in the bill , but insisted that Walton Craig , administrator of Peter Craig , deceased , rested on the decree of September , 1871 , and instituted a chancery suit to charge said ...
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... answer of Wissler in the court below " The personal representative of Peter Craig , deceased , ac- quiesced in the decree of 1871 , in the cause of Jonathan Foltz v . Philip Helsley , curator , & c . , and als . , until adverse rights ...
... answer of Wissler in the court below " The personal representative of Peter Craig , deceased , ac- quiesced in the decree of 1871 , in the cause of Jonathan Foltz v . Philip Helsley , curator , & c . , and als . , until adverse rights ...
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... answer to a rule to show cause why such fine should not be imposed on him , he appeared and answered that he was a contributing member of a volunteer military company , the " Danville Grays , " and had complied with the statute in such ...
... answer to a rule to show cause why such fine should not be imposed on him , he appeared and answered that he was a contributing member of a volunteer military company , the " Danville Grays , " and had complied with the statute in such ...
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... answered that , being a contributing member of a volunteer military company of the city , known as the Danville Grays ... answer insuflicient , and his re- fusal to attend as aforesaid contemptuous to the said court , fined him $ 20 . To ...
... answered that , being a contributing member of a volunteer military company of the city , known as the Danville Grays ... answer insuflicient , and his re- fusal to attend as aforesaid contemptuous to the said court , fined him $ 20 . To ...
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... answer to the rule awarded against him . And yet the presiding judge considered this answer insufficient . We are not furnished with any rea- sons for this judgment by the judge who rendered it , and im- posed this fine . But it is ...
... answer to the rule awarded against him . And yet the presiding judge considered this answer insufficient . We are not furnished with any rea- sons for this judgment by the judge who rendered it , and im- posed this fine . But it is ...
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Seite 776 - ... to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion, and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency, is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty...
Seite 247 - person' may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate as well as to individuals.
Seite 77 - That government can scarcely be deemed to be free, where the rights of property are left solely dependent upon the will of a legislative body, without any restraint. The fundamental maxims of a free government seem to require that the rights of personal liberty and private property should be held sacred.
Seite 392 - The vital principle is, that he who, by his language or conduct, leads another to do what he would not otherwise have done, shall not subject such person to loss or injury by disappointing the expectations upon which he acted.
Seite 762 - A charity, in the legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering, or constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves in life, or by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works, or otherwise lessening the burdens of government.
Seite 74 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Seite 658 - It is undoubtedly settled law that a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, upon a question directly involved in one suit, is conclusive as to that question in another suit between the same parties. But to this operation of the judgment it must appear, either upon the face of the record or be shown by extrinsic evidence, that the precise question was raised and determined in the former suit.
Seite 640 - But while the forms of entering into the contract of marriage are to be regulated by the lex loci contractus, the law of the country in which it is celebrated, the essentials of the contract depend upon the lex domicilii, the law of the country in which the parties are domiciled at the time of the marriage, and in which the matrimonial residence is contemplated.
Seite 141 - A distinction must be here observed between excess of jurisdiction and the clear absence of all jurisdiction over the subject-matter. Where there is clearly no jurisdiction over the subject-matter, any authority exercised is a usurped authority; and for the exercise of such authority, when the want of jurisdiction is known to the judge, no excuse is permissible. But where jurisdiction over the subject-matter...
Seite 140 - This provision of the law is not for the protection or benefit of a malicious or corrupt judge, but for the benefit of the public, whose interest it is that the judges should be at liberty to exercise their functions with independence and without fear of consequences.