Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 5Virginia State Bar Association, 1892 - Bar associations |
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Page 25
... defendant to plead , by leave of the court , as many several matters as he saw fit . From the passage of that act to the present time it has been found utterly impos- sible , even in the common law courts , to administer justice on the ...
... defendant to plead , by leave of the court , as many several matters as he saw fit . From the passage of that act to the present time it has been found utterly impos- sible , even in the common law courts , to administer justice on the ...
Page 31
... that the plaintiff is bound to so frame his bill of complaint , and the defendant his answer , as to present the merits , and if he has no case in law or no defence , The he must fail at the start and not take REMARKS OF R. T. BARTON . 31.
... that the plaintiff is bound to so frame his bill of complaint , and the defendant his answer , as to present the merits , and if he has no case in law or no defence , The he must fail at the start and not take REMARKS OF R. T. BARTON . 31.
Page 33
... defendant objects . He makes that objection on demurrer , or makes it in his answer , and the court determines whether it is a court or jury case . Some may say that this tends to lessen the power of the jury . the power of the jury in ...
... defendant objects . He makes that objection on demurrer , or makes it in his answer , and the court determines whether it is a court or jury case . Some may say that this tends to lessen the power of the jury . the power of the jury in ...
Page 89
... defendant to do what would redress it , or else appear before the court of common law named in the writ to whom , by its terms , jurisdiction to hear the cause was granted . The chancellor , like the Roman Prętor , dis- tributed ...
... defendant to do what would redress it , or else appear before the court of common law named in the writ to whom , by its terms , jurisdiction to hear the cause was granted . The chancellor , like the Roman Prętor , dis- tributed ...
Page 90
... defendant several defences . But the multiplicity of issues thus raised deformed the unique simplicity of the procedure , and made it hard for ignorant juries to decide them , and the courts adopted the rigorous rule against duplicity ...
... defendant several defences . But the multiplicity of issues thus raised deformed the unique simplicity of the procedure , and made it hard for ignorant juries to decide them , and the courts adopted the rigorous rule against duplicity ...
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