Legal Opinion
Leary v. Briggs
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 16, 1913PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Prince William county in an action of trespass. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
At the same rules at which the declaration was filed in *412this cause, the defendant in the trial court (and who is the plaintiff in error here) filed two pleas in abatement, which are in the words and figures following:
Plea Ho. 1.
“And the said defendant comes in his own proper person and says that the court ought not to have or take any further cognizance • of the action aforesaid of the said plaintiff, because the said defendant says that at the time of the suing out of the writ in the said cause, March 14, 1911, and at the time of the filing of this plea there was pending in the said court a…
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- Fry v. LeslieSupreme Court of Virginia · 1891
- Roanoke Land & Improvement Co. v. Karn & HicksonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
- Offtendinger v. FordSupreme Court of Virginia · 1890
- Lawrence v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1890
3Cited by5 opinions
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- DeBoer v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1927
- Turner v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1925
- Heller v. American Alliance InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1928
- Long v. HawseSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931