Case Name: Buford & Others v. North Roanoke Land Co.
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1897-06-17
Citations: 94 Va. 616
Docket Number: 
Parties: Buford & Others v. North Roanoke Land Co.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Reports
Volume: 94
Pages: 616–617

Head Matter:
Wytheville
Buford & Others v. North Roanoke Land Co.
June 17, 1897.
1. Appeals—Refusal of bill of review—When petition for appeal m/ust be presented.—Under the terms of Section 3455 of the Code the petition for an appeal . from a decree refusing a bill of review to a decree rendered more than six months prior thereto must be presented within six months from the actual date of the decree appealed from, and not from the beginning or the end of the term at which it was rendered.
Motion by appellee to dismiss an appeal from a decree of the Hustings Court of the city of Roanoke.
Appeal dismissed.
The opinion states the case.
Sansbrough da Sail and J. S. Fulton, for the appellants.
Griffin da Glasgow, Phlegar da Johnson and W. W. Berkley, for the appellees.

Opinion:
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case is before us upon a motion to dismiss the appeal upon the ground that the right to appeal was barfed by the limitation prescribed in section 8455 of the Code. So much of that section as is applicable to the point to be decided is as follows:
' 'If the final decree from which an appeal is asked is a decree refusing a bill of review to a decree rendered more than six months prior thereto, no appeal from or supersedeas to such decree so refusing a bill of review shall be allowed, un less the petition be presented within six months from the date of such decree."
The precise point for decision is the time at which the limitation begins to run, and we are of opinion that it is to be computed from the actual date of the decree, and not from the beginning or the end of the term at which it was rendered. The application of this principle to the case before us it is conceded renders necessary the granting of the motion to dismiss, and it is so ordered.
Appeal dismissed.