Legal Opinion
Kent, Paine & Co. v. Dickinson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 18, 1875PublishedCited by 8 opinions
The surviving partners of the firm of Kent, Paine & Co. applied to this court by petition for a mandamus to the Honourable Asa D. Dickinson, judge of the Circuit court of Charlotte county, to compel him to hear and decide a case which had been sent by the Court of Appeals to his court. The case is stated by Judge Christian in his opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChristian, J.
On the 5th day of December 1872, the following order was entered by this court in the case of Kent, Paine Co. v. Bailey:
“This day came the parties by their counsel, and the record in this cause which was pending in the District Court of Appeals held at Lynchburg, when the present constitution took effect, and which were *818transferred by law to this court, having been received J by the clerk of this court, and this court being satisthat it has no jurisdiction of this cause, it is ordered that it be transferred to and docketed in the Circuit court of Charlotte county, from whence the . . , , ,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cowan v. DoddridgeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1872
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- Page v. CloptonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1878
- Town of Danville v. BlackwellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
- Wood v. J. W. Jefferies & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1915
- Valley Turnpike Co. v. MooreSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
- Cropper v. CommonwealthGeneral Court of Virginia · 1843
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