Hobson v. Hobson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Powhatan county, pronounced April 18,1901, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This is an 'appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to an amended hill filed 'ait rules, and dismissing the same upon the ground that it mates an entirely new case, inconsistent with and repugnant to the case stated in the original hill.
*217The first- question to he considered is whether or not an appeal lies from such an order. If it does not, -although no objection was made at the hearing upon that ground, this court has no jurisdiction, and the appeal must be dismissed as imrprovidently awarded. Merchant, &c., v. Healy, 94 Va 614.
The general rule is that an appeal or writ of error does not…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lancaster v. LancasterSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889
- Elder's Ex'ors v. HarrisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1880
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