Legal Opinion
Chestnut v. Chestnut
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 23, 1905PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Error to a judgment- of the Circuit Court of Highland county, in an action of .assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
Several errors are assigned in the petition for the writ of error, but the principal one is to the action of the court in permitting the plaintiff to offer in evidence a paper of which the following is a copy:
“Monterey, Va., June 6, 1892-,
“$1,800. Eighteen hundred dollars.
“Three months after date.promise to pay to the order of J. A. Chestnut ....dollars, negotiable and payable at the Highland County Bank, Monte-rey, Va.
Homestead and all other exemptions waived by the maker and each endorser.
Value received.
No. Due.
“Nancy J. Chestnut/'’
*541Tbe objection, made to its admissibility is that it is not,…
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- Allen v. Rouseville Cooperage Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1931
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