Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Volume 73D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Print., 1880 - Law reports, digests, etc Some vols. also contain reports of cases in the General Court of Virginia. |
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... payment of the debt , then the surety in the bond was released , and the estate of P is not liable to pay the debt . 2. Though there was no agreement to give time upon the debt , the legal effect of accepting the notes was to sus- pend ...
... payment of the debt , then the surety in the bond was released , and the estate of P is not liable to pay the debt . 2. Though there was no agreement to give time upon the debt , the legal effect of accepting the notes was to sus- pend ...
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... payment , which he was in common hon- esty bound to pay ; and thus to take his neighbor's prop- erty , or services , under a promise to pay for them , and then force him to lose them , although fully able to pay for them . For such an ...
... payment , which he was in common hon- esty bound to pay ; and thus to take his neighbor's prop- erty , or services , under a promise to pay for them , and then force him to lose them , although fully able to pay for them . For such an ...
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... payment of the $ 5,000 are to be made . trustee . Preston by deed dated July 7th , 1859 , conveyed all his property , including his interest in the King's salt works estate , to Robert Gibbony , in trust for the payment of Preston's ...
... payment of the $ 5,000 are to be made . trustee . Preston by deed dated July 7th , 1859 , conveyed all his property , including his interest in the King's salt works estate , to Robert Gibbony , in trust for the payment of Preston's ...
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... payment of the debt , when they have paid it , as against the estate of another surety who had died before the insolvency of the col- lector . 2. In such case there having been six sureties to the bond , two of whom were insolvent at ...
... payment of the debt , when they have paid it , as against the estate of another surety who had died before the insolvency of the col- lector . 2. In such case there having been six sureties to the bond , two of whom were insolvent at ...
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... payment . But it is very clear from the evidence that two of the sureties- namely , Henry L. Brooke and Charles Bell Gibson — were , at the time the payment was made and ever afterwards , utterly insolvent , and have never contributed ...
... payment . But it is very clear from the evidence that two of the sureties- namely , Henry L. Brooke and Charles Bell Gibson — were , at the time the payment was made and ever afterwards , utterly insolvent , and have never contributed ...
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action adm'r administrator aforesaid alleged amount answer appears appellant appellee applied assigned authority bill bond cause charge church circuit court claim commissioner considered contract conveyed counsel creditors death debt deceased decided decision decree deed defendant delivered directed effect entered entitled error evidence ex'or exceptions execution express fact filed follows further give given Gratt ground hands heirs held instructions intended interest issue January John Judge judgment July jury justice land March matter ment motion named necessary notes notice Novem'r objection opinion paid parties payment petition plaintiff possession present principal prisoner proceedings proceeds proved provisions purchase question reason received record referred rendered reversed rule Septem'r sold statute sufficient suit sureties taken Term tion trial trustee verdict whole wife witness
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Page 74 - Persons who not only have an interest in the controversy, but an interest, of such a nature that a final decree cannot be made without either affecting that interest, or leaving the controversy in such a condition that its final termination may be wholly inconsistent with equity and good conscience.
Page 236 - AB of of the one part, and CD of of the other part, witnesseth that, in consideration of the sum. of /. now paid to...
Page 546 - The above instrument, consisting of one sheet, was at the date thereof signed, sealed, published and declared by the said 0 ohn Forsythe, as and for his last will and testament, in presence of us, who at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
Page 89 - ... reversed, and the cause will be remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings to be had therein, in conformity with those views.
Page 978 - ... so as to view the circumstances as they viewed them, and so to judge of the meaning of the words and of the correct application of the language to the things described.
Page 785 - All the judges shall be commissioned by the governor, and shall receive such salaries and allowances as may be determined by law, the amount of which shall not be diminished during their term of office.
Page 23 - There shall be exempt from levy and sale, by virtue of any process whatever, under the laws of this State, except as hereinafter excepted, of the property of every head of a family...
Page 615 - If it did, the loss was excepted from the risk taken by the insurers. The policy contains this express stipulation : "Provided always, and it is hereby declared, that the Company shall not be liable to make good any loss or damage by fire which may happen or take place by means of any invasion, insurrection, riot, or civil commotion, or of any military or usurped power, or any loss by theft at or after a fire.
Page 524 - ... judgment, he cannot afterwards hold the vendor responsible on the ground that the article turns out to be unfit for the purpose for which it was required ; but if he relies upon the judgment of the seller, and informs him of the use to which the article is to be applied, it seems to me the transaction carries with it an implied warranty that the thing furnished shall be fit and proper for the purpose for which it was designed.
Page 557 - ... if a less estate be not limited by express words, or do not appear to have been granted, conveyed, or devised by construction or operation of law.