Legal Opinion

Lee, Taylor & Snead v. Willis

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided December 13, 1900PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Franklin county.

1Opinion of the Court

No opinion was delivered, hut the a following order was entered by the court:

Upon an appeal from a decree pronounced by the Circuit Court of the county of Franklin on the 5th day of February, 1899, and upon a motion of the appellees to dismiss this appeal.

This day came again the parties by counsel, and it appearing to the court that the vacation decree appealed from was entered by the clerk in his chancery order-book on Sunday, the court is of opinion that the entry is void (see Broom’s Legal Maxims, 21-22; Swann v. Broome, 3 Burruss, 1596; Michie v. Michie, 17 Gratt. 109; and Read’s Case, 22…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Michie v. Michie's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1866

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Stonega Coke & Coal Co. v. SutherlandSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
  2. Lakeside Inn Corp. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922

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