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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Watson, &c. v. Watson, &c.
    February, 1827.
    Appeals — Dismissal on Motion.* — An appeal taken in the name of a party without his knowledge or consent, may be dismissed as to him, on motion.
    
      
      See monographic note on “Appeal and Error” appended to Hill v. Salem, etc.. Turnpike Co., 1 Rob. 263.
      The principal case is cited with approval in Franklin v. Peers, 95 Va. 604, 29 S. E. Rep. 321.
    
   This appeal was docketed in the names of Richard M. Scott and others, against .Josiah Watson and others. Richard M. Scott, by his counsel, moved to have the appeal dismissed as to him, upon the allegation that the suit was originally taken without his knowledge or consent. To prove this, he filed sundry affidavits. The Court made a rule on the appellees, to shew cause why the appeal should not be dismissed as to Richard M. Scott; and reasonable notice being given of the rule: It was ordered, that the appeal should be dismissed as to him.