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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... for the affirmation of what one does not know or believe to be true is equally , in morals and in law , unjustifiable as the affirmation of what is known to be positively false . And even if the party innocently misrepresents a material ...
... for the affirmation of what one does not know or believe to be true is equally , in morals and in law , unjustifiable as the affirmation of what is known to be positively false . And even if the party innocently misrepresents a material ...
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&als 28 Gratt action adm'r administrator affirmed aforesaid alleged amount appellant appellee bill of exceptions bond Braxton church circuit court city of Richmond claim commissioner commonwealth contract conveyed counsel county court court of equity creditors debt deceased declared decree deed of trust defendant delivered the opinion dower Eli Davis entitled equity evidence ex'or execution executor fact Ficklin filed further George W Gratt heirs Heiskell held hustings court interest January Term John Joseph Long Judge judgment July Term jury justice land liable lien Markell McComb ment Methodist Episcopal Church Miller motion notice Novem'r Term overruled paid Pamplin parties payment petition plaintiff in error prisoner proceedings question real estate received record rent reversed Septem'r Term Shackel Shackelford sold statute suit sureties testator therein thereof tion tract trial Trigg trustee verdict wife William witness writ of error
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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.
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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.
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