Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 84. köideD. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Print., 1889 Some vols. also contain reports of cases in the General Court of Virginia. |
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... suit of the Com- monwealth ? from the plaintiff When When money has the course of his The auditor paid the money as the agent of the State , with- out any authority in the law . He is authorized to pay nothing out of the treasury of the ...
... suit of the Com- monwealth ? from the plaintiff When When money has the course of his The auditor paid the money as the agent of the State , with- out any authority in the law . He is authorized to pay nothing out of the treasury of the ...
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... suits for foreclosure of the mortgage deeds ; directing them for relief to the master commissioner , or to a separate and independent suit of their own . To this ruling Moon's administrator excepted ; and he pre- sented his petition to ...
... suits for foreclosure of the mortgage deeds ; directing them for relief to the master commissioner , or to a separate and independent suit of their own . To this ruling Moon's administrator excepted ; and he pre- sented his petition to ...
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... suits in which he seeks to intervene , and though there is , as yet , no appeal in those causes . The petitioner , as ... suit , would only subject him to dismissal , with costs ; or to consolidation with the pending suits - a roundabout ...
... suits in which he seeks to intervene , and though there is , as yet , no appeal in those causes . The petitioner , as ... suit , would only subject him to dismissal , with costs ; or to consolidation with the pending suits - a roundabout ...
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... suit against endorser of negotiable note , it appeared that defendant , at and for a time prior to maturity and protest of note , was with his family within the Confederate lines because of the presence of the Federal army in the city ...
... suit against endorser of negotiable note , it appeared that defendant , at and for a time prior to maturity and protest of note , was with his family within the Confederate lines because of the presence of the Federal army in the city ...
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... suit to cancel deed conveying real and personal property worth over $ 6,000 to defendants ' intestate some months before his death , the evidence showed acts evincing insanity on the part of the grantor , who was nearly seventy years ...
... suit to cancel deed conveying real and personal property worth over $ 6,000 to defendants ' intestate some months before his death , the evidence showed acts evincing insanity on the part of the grantor , who was nearly seventy years ...
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action Adm'r administrator affirmed aforesaid alleged appellant appellee assignment Baughman Brothers bill bond cause chancery charge circuit court city of Richmond claim clause commissioner Commonwealth complained contract corporation court county court court of equity creditors death debt deceased declaration deed of trust defendant in error defendant's delivered the opinion demurrer devised discharge distributees Dugger entitled equity Error to judgment evidence Ex'or executed executor F. J. Thompson fact Fauquier county filed Gratt Graveley held Henry county husband indictment injury instruction intention intestate John John Cook Judge jurisdiction jury land Lewis lien Lynchburg mandamus ment motion negligence notice overruled paid parties payment person petition plaintiff in error proceedings purchase question railroad real estate record refused rendered reversed Richardson rule Samuel Garland statute suit supersedeas surety Syllabus-Statement term thereof tion tract trial trust deed verdict Virginia wherein wife witness writ of error
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Page 544 - Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes, and all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words may be modified, so as to avoid that absurdity and inconsistency, but no further.
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Page 535 - wills, and indeed statutes, and all written instruments, the " grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered "to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or repugnance, " or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument ; in which case " the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words may be modified " so as to avoid that absurdity and inconsistency ; but no farther.
Page 988 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 961 - In the silence of any positive rule, affirming, or denying, or restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit adoption of them by their own government, unless they are repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its interests.
Page 982 - Though it be a doctrine of modern date, we think it now well established that the capital stock of a corporation, especially its unpaid subscriptions, is a trust fund for the benefit of the general creditors of the corporation. And when we consider the rapid development of corporations as instrumentalities of the commercial and business world in the last few years, with the corresponding necessity of adapting legal principles to the new and varying exigencies of this business, it is no solid objection...
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Page 961 - Bank [of Augusta] v. Earle, 13 Pet. 519, 588, [10 L.Ed. 274], Chief Justice Taney said: 'It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created.