Payne v. Buena Vista Extract Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of city of Lynchburg. Decree for complainant. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J„,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:
Among the questions presented by the assignments of error, those involving the construction of the statute law of the State in the particulars hereinafter mentioned are novel in this jurisdiction and of exceptional interest and importance. We are indebted to the learned and able arguments of counsel on both sides of the cause and we will consider and determine the questions presented in their order as stated below.
The first question we have to consider is this—
1. Did the court below have jurisdiction…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Marx v. HanthornSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. TalbotIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Steinman v. Clinchfield Coal Corp.Court of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
- Chapman v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- State v. KingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
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