Crockett v. Woods
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from two decrees of the Circuit Court of Wythe county, pronounced at the February term, 1895, and the February term, 1896, of said court, and from a decree of the Hustings Court of the City of Radford, pronounced December 15, 1897, in several chancery suits heard together, in each of which one or more of the appellants were defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
The first assignment of error is that the court did not sustain the demurrer to the cross-bill.
A cross-bill is a mode of defence to the original subject of litigation and intended to be in aid of the defence to the original suit. It is filed by a defendant in a suit against a plaintiff, or some other defendant, or both, in the same suit, touching the matter in question in the original bill; and it may be either to obtain a discovery in aid of the defence to the original bill, or to obtain relief for all parties touching the matter of that bill. It may be filed against a defendant, where a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gilman v. RyanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1898
- Derbyshire v. JonesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Marchant v. HealySupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
3Cited by1 opinion
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