Virginia Decisions: A Collection of Virginia Cases Not Officially Reported, Volume 2Michie, 1902 |
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A. B. Lightner Adm'r administrator affirmed agreement alleged amount Anno answer Appeal from circuit Appeals of Virginia appellee assignment of error Bank bill of review bond Burr Garland cause circuit court claim commissioner contract conveyance conveyed county court Court of Appeals court of equity creditors cross bill Dashiell death debt deceased deed of trust defendant delivered the opinion demurrer entitled evidence executed executor fact farm filed fraud fraudulent George Grat Gratt Hambrick heirs hustings court interest John judgment jury King William county liability lien lots ment Michael Long Miller monographic note Moore paid parties payment petition plaintiff in error possession purchase money question real estate Rebecca Brooks record rent Ribble Roanoke S. E. Rep Samuel Garland secure Shenandoah Valley Railroad sold suit Supreme Court sureties testator testimony thereof tion trial verdict wife William witness Wythe county
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Page 312 - ... shall be, to all intents and purposes, the child and heir at law of the person so adopting him or her, entitled to all the rights and privileges and subject to all the obligations of a child of such person begotten in lawful wedlock...
Page 236 - This day came again the parties by their counsel, and the court, having maturely considered the transcript of the record of the decree aforesaid, and the arguments of counsel, is of opinion, for reasons stated in writing and filed with the record, that the said...
Page 633 - NELSON delivered the opinion of the court. The bill in this case was filed...
Page 702 - It is a general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers, and no others : First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted ; third, those essential to the accomplishment of the declared objects and purposes of the corporation — not simply convenient, but indispensable.
Page 187 - multifariousness in a bill" is meant improperly joining in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them ; as, for example, the uniting in one bill of several matters perfectly distinct and unconnected, against one defendant, or the demand of several matters, of a distinct and independent nature, against several defendants in the same bill.
Page 108 - But if the contract was not to be treated as a sale of an interest in land, of which it is as much a matter of course for a court of equity to decree a specific performance as it is for a court of law to give damages for the breach of it, we are, nevertheless, of the opinion that it would be a proper case for the enforcement of the contract.
Page 75 - And again, it is laid down in the same case that ' the law requires reasonable diligence in a purchaser to ascertain any defect of title ; but, when such defect is brought to his knowledge, no inconvenience will excuse him from the utmost
Page 144 - The third and last bill of exceptions is to the ruling of the court in refusing to set aside the verdict of the jury as contrary to the law and the evidence. The...
Page 75 - He must take care, and make due inquiries, or he may not be a bona fide purchaser. He is bound not only by actual, but also by constructive notice, which is the same in its effect as actual notice. He must look to the title papers under which he buys, and is charged with notice of all the facts appearing upon their face, or to the knowledge of which anything there appearing will conduct him. He has no right to shut his ears or his eyes to the inlet of information, and then say he is a bona fide purchaser...
Page 61 - That henceforth when any person having title to any real estate of inheritance, shall die intestate as to such estate, it shall descend and pass in parency to his kindred male and female in the following course, that is to say: II.