Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880

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Michie Company, 1902

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Página 159 - In conclusion, our opinion is that the judgment of the Circuit Court should be reversed, and that...
Página 37 - Resolved, That such officers as are now in service, and shall continue therein to the end of the war, shall be entitled to receive the amount of five years...
Página 234 - ... and every such ship or vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all materials, arms, ammunition and stores, which may have been procured for the building and equipment thereof, shall be forfeited, one half to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use of the United States.
Página 230 - For it is not to be presumed that the Legislature intended to make any innovation upon the Common Law further than the case absolutely required.
Página 310 - June no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise, to answer damages out of his own estate...
Página 141 - It is a wise and beneficial law, not designed merely to raise a presumption of payment of a just debt from lapse of time, but to afford security against stale demands after the true state of the transaction may have been forgotten, or be incapable of explanation, by reason of the death or removal of witnesses.
Página 277 - Mind the Mortality of My body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament...
Página 132 - I am of opinion, that the judgment should be reversed, and the cause...
Página 312 - J. I am of opinion that the judgment in this case should be for the defendant. It is a general rule of law that when one is...
Página 144 - The decree of the court of appeals was as follows : "The court is of opinion that there is no error in the decree...

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