DECIDED IN THE

SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS

OF

VIRGINIA:

BY PEACHY R. GRATTAN.

VOL. XVI.

FROM JULY 1, 1860, TO APRIL 1, 1865.

SECOND EDITION

RICHMOND:

J. H. O'BANNON, SUP'T PUBLIC PRINTING.

1895.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, for the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the Clerk's Office of the Eastern District of Virginia.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURT OF APPEALS

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

JOHN J. ALLEN, PRESIDENT.

WILLIAM DANIEL.

RICHARD C. L. MONCURE.

GEORGE H. LEE.*

WILLIAM J. ROBERTSON.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER.

* Judge Lee did not sit in the court after the April Term, 1861.