OF

CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS

OF

VIRGINIA :

WITH SELECT CASES,

RELATING CHIEFLY TO POINTS OF PRACTICE,

DECIDED BY

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CHANCERY

FOR THE RICHMOND DISTRICT.

THE SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED BY THE AUTHORS.

VOLUME I.

BY WILLIAM W: HENING AND WILLIAM MUNFORD.

FLATBUSH, (N. Y.)

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY I. RILEY.

1809.

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DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, TO WIT:

E IT REMEMBERED, That on the fifth day of April, in the thirty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, WILLIAM W.HENING and WILLIAM MUNFORD, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as authors, in the words following, to wit:

"Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia: "with Select Cases, relating chiefly to Points of Practice, decided by the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District. The second edition, revised and corrected by the "authors. Volume I. By William W. Hening and William Munford."

IN CONFORMITY to the act of the Congress of the United States, entituled, "An act for "the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the "authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;" and also to an act, entituled, "An act, supplementary to an act, entituled, an act for the encouragement "of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprie "tors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof "to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historical, and other prints."

(L. S.)

WILLIAM MARSHALL, Clerk of the District of Virginia.

PREFACE

TO THE SECOND EDITION.

WHEN the first edition of this work was put to press, the authors were guided in their determination as to the number of copies, by the usual sales of similar productions. The impression was, consequently, a limited one. It was, indeed, but little expected, that, in the short period of twelve months, there would be a demand for another edition. In preparing this for the press, no pains have been spared to render it worthy of that patronage which the members of an enlightened and liberal profession have already bestowed. The volume has been carefully revised and corrected; a table of cases cited prefixed; additional references introduced; and all the subsequent decisions, on the same points, duly noted.

WILLIAM W. HENING,

WILLIAM MUNFORD.

Richmond, March 7, 1809.