Legal Opinion
Hanks v. Lyons
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided August 1, 1895PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pulaski county, rendered March 25, 1894, in a proceeding by motion wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff and the defendants in error were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
Section 3211 of the Code of Virginia is as follows:
“ Any person entitled to recover money by action on any contract, may, on motion before any court which would have jurisdiction in an action, otherwise than under section thirty-two hundred and fifteen, *31obtain judgment for such money after fifteen days’ notice, which notice shall be returned to the clerk’s office of such court ten days before the commencement of the term. A motion under this section, which is docketed under section thirty-three hundred and seventy-eight, shall not be discontinued by reason of no order of continuance being…
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- Hale v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of Virginia · 1857
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