The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-24
su,rcr.e Court Of Appeals.

p.,o,r ,,,,, he yound a brief report OF the
proceedings of the court since us sess,on
began here on the 18th instant, the nrst We
have been able to give: -, 90 ,ooo
Present, all the judges excep. ouuge
Burks, who, to the general loss anu resre''
IA absent from serious iIl-heaIth'
H,ccenbotham Us. Watts, Judge. Man
damus nisi. From TazeweIl county Q.
g. Graham for petitioners. Dismissed, tue
object being obtained. ,s,.
Saunders and wife, &C.. Us. Ha'e's admin.
istrator, &c. Motion to reinstate. An appear
from Franklin c,unty. Barksdlle, Flournoy
& LYON for petitioner; Raymond contra
Case rcinstated, By consent ana on terms,
and transferred for hearing on first dsy oil
next term at Richmond.
Hawley rs. Commonwealth. Error from
Roanoke. Hsnsbrough for p'aintih IN err
ror; Attorney-Generai for Commonwealth:
Submitted on printed arguments TO be hleo
by LIST August.
Wright Us. Commonwealth. Error from
Bedford in case OF murder in first degree.
Jordan & Clayton for plaintiff in error; At
torney-G General for commonwealth. SUD-
milted on petition for plaintiff in error
Argued for Commonwealth. and time taken
to consider.
Commonwealth Us. Fields, Error from
Scott. Attorney General Tor Common
wealth: no counsel for Fields. Argued
for Commonwealth and submitted.
Nowlin Us. Burwel. Error from Pat
rick. Lybrook for plaintiff; Penn for de-
PENDANT. Continued.
Webber Us. Commonwealth. Appeal
pending in Richmond. Motion here by APP
pelant to transfer bither. Meredith Tor
motion; Attorney-General contra. Ar
gued and time taken to consider.
Estes Us. Edmondson. sheriff OF HallfaX'
Motion for ha6eas corpus 10 try the respec-
tive rights OF w. II. Barksdale and II. w.
Almisiead to the county iudgesbip. Lyon
and Bsrksdae for petitioners. Writ aw ard
ed. returnable here on I'd OF August next.
Peters US. Auditor Massey. Petition Tor
mdndGmus to compel Auditor to furnish
blanks IA petitioner, who claims to be q
Commissioner OF the Revenue Tor Giles
county. Pierce and Williams for petition
err; Acknowledgement for Auditor. RUE
awarded, returnable here on the I'd August
next.
WEDNESDAY, July IA, 1880.
Walters Us. McAden and McAden rs.
Walters. Cross appeals from DauyiIle.
Robertson d Berkeley for appellants in
first; Bouldin for appellants IN second
Flournoy and Barksdae for some appellees.
Argued and argument continued.
THURSDAY, July 10, 1880.
Mitchell Us. Commonwealth. Error from
Campbell. Petition for writ. Marye and
Keane for petitioner. Writ awarded. re-
turnable first day of next term at Rich
mond, but petitioner not to be discharged
from confinement.
Gilbert Us. Washington City, Virginia
Midland and Great Southern Railroad Com
pany. Appeal pending at Richmond. Mo-
ton here by LyDchburg Femsle Orphan
Asylum to transfer hither for hearing.
Continued, by consent, till Tuesday, 20 b
instant.
Stuart Us. Hughes. Error from Glouces-
ter county. Heard in Richmond. Judg-
ment affirmed here, Judge MOncure read
Ing the opinion.
Commonwealth Us. Fields. Error from
Scott. Heard as above. Judgment re-
versed, Judge Christian reading the opin'
ion.
Commonwealth Us. Bradley L. johnson,
DC. Appeal from Richmond city. Heard
there. Decree affirmed here, Judge Ander-
son reading the opinion.
Corr Us. Porter and wife, &c. Error from
King and Queen. Heard in Richmond.
Judgment affirmed here, Judge Staples
reading the opinion.
Walters rs. McAden and McAden Us.
Walters. Appeals as above. Further ar
gued, and argument continued.
FRIDAY, July 16, 1880.
Walters Us. McAden and McAden Us.
Walters. Argument concluded, and time
taken to consider.
Gray Us. Baylor. &c. Appeal from Wash
ington. Certiordri awarded appelees,
returnable forthwith.
Thompson Us. Dickinson. Appeal from
franklin. Barksdae and Flournoy for aD-
pellsut; Griffin for appelIecs. Submitted
on printed arguments TO be filed by lst OF
August next.
Dickinson Us. Clement and wife, &c.
Appeal from Franklin. Barksdale and
Flournoy for appellants; billiard for appel
lees. Continued.
Laws Us. Law. Appeal from Franklin.
billiard for appellant; Dennis for appellee.
Continued.
James p. McTeer qualified to practice in
this court.
MONDAY, July 10. 1880.
White, &C., Us. Stuart, Buchanan d Co.,
and Robertson rs. same. Appeals in same
case from Washington. Campbell & Trigg.
Cummings, and White, for appellants !;
Johnston a. Trigg, Judge Robertson, and
Buchanan, for appellees. CertiOrdri award
ed appelees, and on record, to be as brought
up. Case submitted on printed arguments,
to be filed by 18th september next.
Scott, &c, Us. Morgan. Appeal from
Smyth. Gilmore d Penn for appellants ;
White & Buchanan for appellee. Con.
tiDued.
Willard Us. Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
Railroad Company. Error from Washing
ton. White L. Buchanan for plaintiff; York
Il Fulkerson for defendant. Continued.
Dale Carter's heirs Us. Roblnett and
Others, and same Us. Blanton. Error from
Scott. Burns for plaintiff; Hagan & Pride
more for defendants. Argued in part and
argument continued.
Gray Us. Baylor. Appeal as above. White
& Buchanan for appellant; Burns for ap-
pellee. Motion to dismiss submitted by ap-
pelIee, and continued for hearing.
TUESDAY, July 20, 1880.
Carriers heirs Us. Robinett. &C., and same
Us. Blanton. Error as above. Argument
concluded and time taken to consider.
Gilbert Us. Washington City, Virginia
Midland aud Great Southern Railroad Com
pany. Appeal as above. Charles NJ
Dackford, j. A. Jones, William j. Robert
son, w. ii. Payne. and X. A. CoghiI for
a., "a sst.