Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Volume 70D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Print., 1878 Some vols. also contain reports of cases in the General Court of Virginia. |
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... decree of this court for an account of these receipts and payment of the same deducting for wages ; or failing to render such account satisfactorily , then to be decreed to pay a fairly estimated compensation for their said use of said ...
... decree of this court for an account of these receipts and payment of the same deducting for wages ; or failing to render such account satisfactorily , then to be decreed to pay a fairly estimated compensation for their said use of said ...
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... decree of the circuit court of Smythe county is erroneous and should be reversed and annulled , and the cause remanded for further proceedings to be had therein to final decree in conformity with this opinion and the principles herein ...
... decree of the circuit court of Smythe county is erroneous and should be reversed and annulled , and the cause remanded for further proceedings to be had therein to final decree in conformity with this opinion and the principles herein ...
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... decree , however , entered here , settling the princi- ples of the case , will be in no way prejudicial to the interests of the personal representative , but otherwise . So that when the cause is remanded , as it must be , before any of ...
... decree , however , entered here , settling the princi- ples of the case , will be in no way prejudicial to the interests of the personal representative , but otherwise . So that when the cause is remanded , as it must be , before any of ...
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... decree of the circuit court of Smythe county is wholly erroneous ; and it is therefore decreed and ordered that the same be reversed and annulled , and that the appellant recover against the appellees his costs by him expended in the ...
... decree of the circuit court of Smythe county is wholly erroneous ; and it is therefore decreed and ordered that the same be reversed and annulled , and that the appellant recover against the appellees his costs by him expended in the ...
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... decree is in other respects con- firmed , these absent owners , when made parties , have the right to except to the sale and its confimation ; and are not precluded by the affirmation of the decree in other respects than those on which ...
... decree is in other respects con- firmed , these absent owners , when made parties , have the right to except to the sale and its confimation ; and are not precluded by the affirmation of the decree in other respects than those on which ...
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&als 28 Gratt action adm'r affirmed aforesaid agent agreement amount Anderson answer appellant appellees bond breach of trust Bushong cause circuit court claim commissioner Confederate money contract conveyed counsel court is further court of equity Crawford creditors Crockett Cromer David Coffman death debt declaration decree deed of trust defendant demurrer endorser entitled equity error evidence ex'or executed executor fact fee simple filed Forrer further of opinion ground guardian Harkrader heirs Horsley instruction interest John John Blain Jonathan Shafer judge judgment jury Kinney land Larew legacy liable lien Mackey Mary Ann G McVeigh ment Moorman Nicholas Mills Novem'r Term overruled paid parties payment person Pickle Pilson plaintiff plaintiff in error proceedings purchase money question receipt received refused Septem'r Term Shover Simmerman Sitlington Smythe county Snavely sold statute suit sureties testator thereof tion Virginia wards wife William
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Page 572 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 572 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 280 - ... from all debts and claims which by said act are made provable against his estate, and which existed on the...
Page 572 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default, is such as would (if death had not ensued,) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages, in respect thereof, then and in every such case, the person who, or the corporation which would have been liable, if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have...
Page 572 - That every such Action shall be for the Benefit of the Wife, Husband, Parent, and Child of the Person whose Death shall have been so caused...
Page 492 - 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.
Page 240 - This day came again the parties by their counsel, and the court, having maturely considered the transcript of the record of the decree aforesaid...
Page 236 - Duress, in its more extended sense, means that degree of constraint or danger, either actually inflicted or threatened and impending, which is sufficient, in severity or in apprehension, to overcome the mind and will of a person of ordinary firmness.* Opinion of the court.
Page 219 - The plaintiffs stated the ground on which they sought to recover in their first point, by which they asked the court to instruct the jury as follows: "If the jury believe...
Page 62 - Nevertheless. the jury found a verdict for defendants, on the ground that the testatrix was not of sound and disposing mind and memory at the time she executed the will.