OF

CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

Court of Appeals

OF

VIRGINIA.

VOL. IV.

BY PEYTON RANDOLPH,
Counsellor at Law.

Richmond:

PUBLISHED BY PETER COTTOM,

And for sale at his Law and Miscellaneous Book Store.

1827.

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182

x,25
1826

Copy 5

Eastern District of Virginia, to wit:

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2. S.

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tor, in the words following, to wit:

"Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Court of Appeals of Virginia.-Vol. IV.-By Peyton Randolph, Counsellor at Law.”.

In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned."

Shepherd & Pollard-Printers.

R'D. JEFFRIES, Clerk of the
Eastern District of Virginia.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURT OF APPEALS

DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS.

FRANCIS T. BROOKE, Esquire, President.

WILLIAM H. CABELL, Esquire.

JOHN COALTER, Esquire.

JOHN W. GREEN, Esquire.

DABNEY CARR, Esquire.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

JOHN ROBERTSON, Esquire.

A TABLE

OF THE

NAMES OF THE CASES

REPORTED IN THE FOURTH VOLUME.

N. B. The cases may be found, as well by the name of the defendant as of the plain tiff. The letter "v," follows the name of the plaintiff; the word "and," that of the de fendant.