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Supreme Court of Virginia, 1844

Governor, for Leightons v. Hinchman

Governor, for Leightons v. Hinchman
Supreme Court of Virginia · Decided September 15, 1844
1 Va. 156; 1 Gratt. 157
Governor, for Leightons v. Hinchman

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Opinion of the Court

The court

being of opinion, that upon the principle of the cases of Tolson v. Elwes, 1 Leigh 436, Meze v. Howver, Id. 442, and especially of the case of Burnett v. Harwell, 3 Leigh 89, the action was improperly *158brought at the relation of Isaac and Daniel Leighton; ^ tkat-t ghoui¿ have been at the relation of Denison Rose, the plaintiff in the execution in the declaration mentioned, reversed the judgment of the court below, sustaine<^ the demurrer to the declaration, and gave judgment for the defendants.

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