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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... provisions of the constitution and statute relating to homesteads . This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of Smythe county brought by Rufus M. Williams against John C. Calhoun , to subject the land of Calhoun to satisfy a judg ...
... provisions of the constitution and statute relating to homesteads . This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of Smythe county brought by Rufus M. Williams against John C. Calhoun , to subject the land of Calhoun to satisfy a judg ...
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... provision of the constitution , a householder or head of a family ? This provision was not made for all persons who are residents of the state , but for a particular class of persons ; otherwise it would not be limited to a ...
... provision of the constitution , a householder or head of a family ? This provision was not made for all persons who are residents of the state , but for a particular class of persons ; otherwise it would not be limited to a ...
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... provision of our constitution , and the adjudicated cases of other states , and fail to see that the primary object is to provide for the family . As was said by the supreme- court of Ohio in Sears v . Hanks , 14 Ohio R. 498 , 501 , the ...
... provision of our constitution , and the adjudicated cases of other states , and fail to see that the primary object is to provide for the family . As was said by the supreme- court of Ohio in Sears v . Hanks , 14 Ohio R. 498 , 501 , the ...
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... provision , as I think the debates in the convention which framed it will show . The family may consist of a wife and children , or of other persons , who may stand in a state of dependence in the family relation ; or it may consist of ...
... provision , as I think the debates in the convention which framed it will show . The family may consist of a wife and children , or of other persons , who may stand in a state of dependence in the family relation ; or it may consist of ...
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... provision " the head of a family . " ( Thompson on Homestead and Exemptions , citing Lynch v . Pace , 40 Georgia R. 173 ) . What constitutes a family was considered with reference to the Texas constitution of 1845 and 1866 , providing ...
... provision " the head of a family . " ( Thompson on Homestead and Exemptions , citing Lynch v . Pace , 40 Georgia R. 173 ) . What constitutes a family was considered with reference to the Texas constitution of 1845 and 1866 , providing ...
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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.