Case Name: Hampton's Executors v. Pollard
Court: Superior Court of Chancery of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1809-09
Citations: 4 Hen. & M. 451
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hampton’s Executors v. Pollard.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 946–946

Head Matter:
Hampton’s Executors v. Pollard.
September Term, 1809.
Equity Practice — notion for Account — irregular.—A motion for an account is Irregular; it should be for a decree, which if the Court cannot enter without an account, it will direct one.
The motion in this case was for an account upon the evidence contained in the answer. The cause was at rules.

Opinion:
By the Chancellor.
There is no such motion in a Court of Chancery as a motion for an account. The motion should be for a decree, which, if the Court cannot enter without an account, it will direct one. Motion denied.