Legal Opinion

Gresham v. Ewell

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 26, 1888PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Petition for writ of prohibition.

1Opinion of the Court

Lewis, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a petition for a writ of prohibition to be directed to the county court of Lancaster county and to the judge thereof and others, to prohibit them from proceeding to enforce a certain judgment rendered in a contested election ease by the said county court, and subsequently affirmed by the circuit court of the said county. It is contended, for reasons set forth in the petition, that the judgment, though affirmed by the eir*785cuit court, is void; and upon this ground, as no writ of error, under the recent statute, lies from this court in such a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Durousseau v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1810

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Prison Ass'n v. AshbySupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
  2. Price v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
  3. Dunn v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1905
  4. Commonwealth v. AdcockSupreme Court of Virginia · 1851
  5. Commonwealth v. AdcockSupreme Court of Virginia · 1851

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