Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 6Virginia State Bar Association, 1893 - Bar associations |
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Page 20
... suits between man and man , the trial by jury is preferable to any other and ought to be held sacred . " This is copied from the Virginia Bill of Rights , adopted in 1776 , except that the word " ancient " is dropped from where it was ...
... suits between man and man , the trial by jury is preferable to any other and ought to be held sacred . " This is copied from the Virginia Bill of Rights , adopted in 1776 , except that the word " ancient " is dropped from where it was ...
Page 21
... suits in equity , " is not consistent with this , its title . The first section of it is confusing , occult and indefinite , containing the seeds of litigation , if anybody shall ever see , or think he sees , his way clear to invoke the ...
... suits in equity , " is not consistent with this , its title . The first section of it is confusing , occult and indefinite , containing the seeds of litigation , if anybody shall ever see , or think he sees , his way clear to invoke the ...
Page 22
... suit in equity and files his bill , claiming that the defendant casually found and unjustly withholds from him his spotted calf , of the value of $ 25 , and asking the Court to compel the defendant to surrender it , the Court shall not ...
... suit in equity and files his bill , claiming that the defendant casually found and unjustly withholds from him his spotted calf , of the value of $ 25 , and asking the Court to compel the defendant to surrender it , the Court shall not ...
Page 23
... suit , in a case involving real doubt or difficulty as to the remedy , was originally rightly brought , and send it back to be tried accordingly , or reverse and dismiss it . The title to the bill is misleading , and it embraces more ...
... suit , in a case involving real doubt or difficulty as to the remedy , was originally rightly brought , and send it back to be tried accordingly , or reverse and dismiss it . The title to the bill is misleading , and it embraces more ...
Page 27
... suit , and not whether he is suing for a spotted calf by detinue or bill in equity . I said a year ago that I was a proselyte without zeal . If I know anything about anything on this earth , it is about the com- mon law practice and ...
... suit , and not whether he is suing for a spotted calf by detinue or bill in equity . I said a year ago that I was a proselyte without zeal . If I know anything about anything on this earth , it is about the com- mon law practice and ...
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