Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Volume 16I. Riley, 1819 |
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Act of Assembly admitted aforesaid agreement alien alleged answer appears Appellant Appellee assigned assumpsit awarded Bill Bolling bond cause Chancellor claim Clerk Colgin and wife Commissioner Commonwealth considered contract conveyed counsel County Court Court of Chancery Court of Equity Court's opinion Covenant coverture creditors cutors and devisees debts decided declaration Decree Deed of Trust defendant demurrer Detinue devise Dunbar endorser entitled escheat execution Executor farther favour FEBRUARY filed George Carter ground heirs husband intended interest intestate JANUARY John Judge ROANE pronounced Judgment Jury land legatees Lightfoot Lightfoot's exe MARCH marriage Martin's exe ment mentioned Mill Munf negroes NOVEMBER paid parties payment personal estate plaintiff plea pleaded possession principles profits pronounced the Court's purchase money question recover Richmond District Robert Robert Carter Scire facias Sheriff shew slaves sold Statute Statute of Frauds suit Superior Court Testator thereof tion tract verdict Writ
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Page 119 - that nothing was better established than this principle, that money directed to be employed in the purchase of land, and land directed to be sold and turned into money, are to be considered as that species of property into which they are directed to be converted...
Page 119 - In making title by descent, it shall be no bar to a party that any ancestor, through whom he derives his descent from the intestate, is or has been an alien ; bastards, also, shall be capable of inheriting or of transmitting inheritance, on the part of their mother, in like manner as if they had been lawfully begotten of such mother, (d) SEC.
Page 73 - Harris, but she shall have no more than the use for her life of such slaves as shall be in her share ; and the residue of the surplus, and after the wife's death the slaves in her share, or, if there be no wife, then the whole of such surplus, shall be distributed in the same proportions, and to the same persons, as lands are directed to descend in and by an act of the general assembly, entitled ' An act directing the course of descents.
Page 315 - A court of equity, which is never active in relief against conscience or public convenience, has always refused its aid to stale demands, where the party has slept upon his rights, and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence.
Page 315 - Nothing can call forth this court into activity but conscience, good faith and reasonable diligence; where these are wanting the court is passive, and does nothing.
Page 5 - And this the said plaintiff prays may be inquired of by the country, etc.
Page 171 - ... saith that the said plaintiff ought not to have or maintain his aforesaid action thereof, against him, because he says that...
Page 316 - But as often as Parliament had limited the time of actions and remedies, to a certain period, in legal proceedings, the Court of Chancery adopted that rule, and applied to similar cases in Equity.
Page 315 - In each case the intention of the parties to make the debt contingent or otherwise, must be gathered from the language used, the situation of the parties, and the subject matter of the contract, as presented by the evidence.
Page 34 - We of the jury find for the plaintiff the debt in the declaration mentioned, to be discharged by the payment of £18.