Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Volume 122Department of Purchase and Supply, 1918 |
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accused action adverse possession Affirmed aforesaid agent alleged amended appellant appellee applied ardent spirits assessed assignment of error assumpsit authority bill carrier cause charged Circuit Court city of Hopewell city of Richmond claim Code commissioner common carrier common law Commonwealth complained Constitution contract corporation counsel court of equity creditors damages debt declaration decree deed of trust defendant in error defendant's delivered the opinion demurrer duty engine equity evidence fact fee simple fendant filed fire Gratt held indictment injury instant instructs the jury interest January 24 judgment debtor jurisdiction land lease liable lien ment motion negligence Norfolk objection owner parties payment person plaintiff in error plea purchase question railroad company railway company real estate record recover Rorer rule statement statute sufficient suit supra sustained Syllabus testimony thereof tion track trial court trustee verdict Virginia witness
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Page 483 - Provided; That nothing in this section shall deprive any holder of such receipt or bill of lading of any remedy or right of action which he has under existing law.
Page 195 - All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws...
Page 282 - And the said party of the second part agrees to pay to the party of the first part the rent as above stated, except when said premises are untenantable by reason of fire, or from any other cause than the carelessness of the party of the second part, or persons family, or in employ, or by superior force and inevitable necessity.
Page 982 - ... —Upon decreeing the dissolution of a marriage, and also upon decreeing a divorce, whether from the bond of matrimony or from bed and board...
Page 153 - The court said there must be reasonable evidence of negligence; but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as, in the ordinary course of things, does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 678 - It is agreed between the sender of the following message and this company, that said company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery of any unrepeated message, whether happening by negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the amount received for sending the same...
Page 485 - That the provisions hereof respecting liability for full actual loss, damage, or injury, notwithstanding any limitation of liability or recovery or representation or agreement or release as to value...
Page 1108 - No law shall embrace more than one object, which shall be expressed in its title...
Page 485 - Provided, however, That if the loss, damage or injury complained of was due to delay or damage while being loaded or unloaded, or damaged in transit by carelessness or negligence, then no notice of claim nor filing of claim shall be required as a condition precedent to recovery.
Page 445 - On the foregoing state of facts the court below entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the full amount of its claim. The letters "cif" are abbreviations of the words "cost, insurance, and freight...