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
... jury- trial , and this difficulty has speedily disappeared in every juris- diction where law and equity procedure has been fused — that is to say , in a majority of all the countries governed by people who speak our language . It is not ...
... jury- trial , and this difficulty has speedily disappeared in every juris- diction where law and equity procedure has been fused — that is to say , in a majority of all the countries governed by people who speak our language . It is not ...
Page 30
... , that it requires the judge to discriminate in advance , and to divide the bills of com- plaint between the court and the jury ; whereas under our exist- ing system , and under the Massachusetts system , the 30 GENERAL MINUTES .
... , that it requires the judge to discriminate in advance , and to divide the bills of com- plaint between the court and the jury ; whereas under our exist- ing system , and under the Massachusetts system , the 30 GENERAL MINUTES .
Page 31
... jury case , or to use our phraseology , whether it is a suit in equity or an action at law . The merit of the proposed change is that if the pleader has mis- taken his remedy and has gone into equity when he should have proceeded at law ...
... jury case , or to use our phraseology , whether it is a suit in equity or an action at law . The merit of the proposed change is that if the pleader has mis- taken his remedy and has gone into equity when he should have proceeded at law ...
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... jury case . Some may say that this tends to lessen the power of the jury . the power of the jury in any way , nor would I increase it . As I understand it , it is a matter of fact that this new system , while it does not lessen the ...
... jury case . Some may say that this tends to lessen the power of the jury . the power of the jury in any way , nor would I increase it . As I understand it , it is a matter of fact that this new system , while it does not lessen the ...
Page 129
... jury , and I might say , it is always an uncertain question ; but I am reminded that this question is one that arises in practice usually in controversies between natural persons and corporations , and in such controver- sies , I cannot ...
... jury , and I might say , it is always an uncertain question ; but I am reminded that this question is one that arises in practice usually in controversies between natural persons and corporations , and in such controver- sies , I cannot ...
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