Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880, Volúmenes1-2Michie Company, 1901 |
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... Confederate cur- rency , scalable at as many as twenty - four different values . To fix it , then , in this cause , is a compound impossibility . He makes calculations by which he says it may be that the debt of the Misses Gordon may ...
... Confederate cur- rency , scalable at as many as twenty - four different values . To fix it , then , in this cause , is a compound impossibility . He makes calculations by which he says it may be that the debt of the Misses Gordon may ...
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... Confederate currency , $ 690 , leaving a bal- the scaled value of the money received from J , ance due them of $ 14.88 % , which was , in at the time he received it , with interest . 2. Statute . What contracts are embraced in the act ...
... Confederate currency , $ 690 , leaving a bal- the scaled value of the money received from J , ance due them of $ 14.88 % , which was , in at the time he received it , with interest . 2. Statute . What contracts are embraced in the act ...
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... Confederate currency paid to him by the first guardian . Nothing came into his hands but Confederate currency , and all that can be required of him , is to pay to his wards , the value of that currency at the time he received it from ...
... Confederate currency paid to him by the first guardian . Nothing came into his hands but Confederate currency , and all that can be required of him , is to pay to his wards , the value of that currency at the time he received it from ...
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... Confederate States treasury notes , or was entered into with reference to said notes as a standard of value . Where under " such a contract " there has been an actual payment , the party shall have full credit for the nominal amount so ...
... Confederate States treasury notes , or was entered into with reference to said notes as a standard of value . Where under " such a contract " there has been an actual payment , the party shall have full credit for the nominal amount so ...
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... Confederate service . His instructions to his son when he left home were , to pay the Tate debt out of the first funds his son should acquire dur- ing his absence . Witness went to Kentucky , and on his return drew funds from the Con ...
... Confederate service . His instructions to his son when he left home were , to pay the Tate debt out of the first funds his son should acquire dur- ing his absence . Witness went to Kentucky , and on his return drew funds from the Con ...
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21 Gratt adm'r aforesaid after-discovered evidence amount answer appellee assignment authority bank bill of review bonds BOULDIN Campbell cause charged Circuit court claim commissioner Confederate currency Confederate money constitution contract conveyed counsel County court Court of Appeals court of equity creditor debt debtor decree deed of trust defendant dollars entitled error evidence ex'or executed executor fact fee simple filed fund ground Hale heirs held husband Idem intended interest Isaac Hale James John judge judgment jurisdiction jury land Leigh lien lumber March ment obligation opinion paid pardon parties payable payment plaintiff plaintiff in error possession principal prisoner proceedings purchase money question received rendered Richmond Robert Burton S. E. Rep says Seely sold statute suit term testator thereof tion tract treasury notes trial usurious valid verdict Virginia warehouse wharf wife Winston witness writ Wytheville
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Página 183 - It would amount to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the military and naval forces, as first general and admiral of the Confederacy; while that of the British king extends to the declaring of war and to the raising and regulating of fleets and armies — all which, by the Constitution under consideration, would appertain to the legislature.
Página 183 - ... the government, within the Constitution, has all the powers granted to it which are necessary to preserve its existence; as has been happily proved by the result of the great effort to throw off its just authority.
Página 184 - I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that " while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Página 119 - In order to come within the provision of the constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
Página 446 - Confinement of the debtor may be a punishment for not performing his contract, or may be allowed as a means of inducing him to perform it. But the State may refuse to inflict this punishment, or may withhold this means, and leave the contract in full force. Imprisonment is no part of the contract, and simply to release the prisoner does not impair its obligation.
Página 354 - In effect, the motion is based on the ground that the verdict Is contrary to the law and the evidence.
Página 180 - And it is further ordered, That a copy of this order be served on...
Página 183 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
Página 359 - ... 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which provides that no State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of a contract, and also violated that clause of the fourteenth amendment of that instrument, which provides that no State shall deprive any person of property without due process of law.
Página 25 - And be it further enacted, that every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.