Case Name: Anonymous
Court: Superior Court of Chancery of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1808-09
Citations: 4 Hen. & M. 410
Docket Number: 
Parties: Anonymous.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 932–932

Head Matter:
Anonymous.
September Term, 1808.
1. Rules of Practice — Revival of Suits. — In wbat manner suits'are to be revived.
2. Order for Account — When Executed. — An order for an account must be executed within 12 months.
The principal case is cited in Dangerfield v. Claiborne, 4 Hen. & M. 399.

Opinion:
The following points were resolved by the Court:
1. That no suit is to be revived without the names of the representatives of the deceased party or parties.
2. That the Clerk may, either in or out of Court, issue process to revive when the proper names are furnished, and not before.
3. That unless such process be "executed with all due diligence, the benefit thereof may be lost to the party who obtained it.
4. That when an order is made for an account, to be taken before a Commissioner of the Court, or before auditors to be agreed upon by the parties, it must be taken with all convenient speed; and unless a report be made thereupon within twelve months from the date of the order, the benefit thereof will be lost to the party who obtained it, unless for good cause to be shewn to the Court.