Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Svazek 22Virginia State Bar Association, 1909 |
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Strana 35
... Congress and their Sen- ators for the creation of a new Circuit Judgeship . Two years ago a similar resolution was adopted and a committee appoint- ed . I now move that either the present President , or the in- coming President ...
... Congress and their Sen- ators for the creation of a new Circuit Judgeship . Two years ago a similar resolution was adopted and a committee appoint- ed . I now move that either the present President , or the in- coming President ...
Strana 55
... Congress for the Seventh Virginia District by the Democratic Convention which sat in Staunton , and it is believed if he had accepted , he would have been triumphantly elected . He was a member of the Masonic order . While at the Uni ...
... Congress for the Seventh Virginia District by the Democratic Convention which sat in Staunton , and it is believed if he had accepted , he would have been triumphantly elected . He was a member of the Masonic order . While at the Uni ...
Strana 63
... never do in other walks of life . What higher tribute could be paid General Hunton than the unswerving devotion to him in peace of those who served with him in war . In 1872 he was elected to Congress , where he GENERAL EPPA HUNTON . 63.
... never do in other walks of life . What higher tribute could be paid General Hunton than the unswerving devotion to him in peace of those who served with him in war . In 1872 he was elected to Congress , where he GENERAL EPPA HUNTON . 63.
Strana 64
Virginia State Bar Association. In 1872 he was elected to Congress , where he served his constituents ably and faithfully for eight years . During this time he encountered in debate the plumed knight from Maine and suffered no ...
Virginia State Bar Association. In 1872 he was elected to Congress , where he served his constituents ably and faithfully for eight years . During this time he encountered in debate the plumed knight from Maine and suffered no ...
Strana 70
... Congress of the Confed- erate States , and remained in the field until February 22 , 1862 , when he took his seat in that body , in which he served faithfully during the life of the Confederacy . He was the last survivor of that ...
... Congress of the Confed- erate States , and remained in the field until February 22 , 1862 , when he took his seat in that body , in which he served faithfully during the life of the Confederacy . He was the last survivor of that ...
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acres are assessed Active members adjourned Admissions adopted Alexandria Amended annual meeting appointed attorney Bedford City Big Stone Gap bill Bristol Brown By-Laws Chairman CHARLES Charlottesville Christiansburg Circuit Court client Commission Commissioner Commonwealth Congress Constitution counsel Court of Appeals court of equity Covington decree duty elected Eppa Hunton Executive Committee Federal Fredericksburg Gentlemen GEORGE GORDON Harrisonburg HENRY honor Honorary members Hot Springs Hunton JAMES JOHN Judge Corporation Court judicial jury Justice land lawyer Leake legislative Legislature Lexington license tax litigation Lynchburg Maryland Bar Association ment MICAJAH WOODS Newport Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk personal property Petersburg Portsmouth practice prescribed present President profession question railroads rates reason Richmond Richmond Richmond Roanoke ROBERT Secretary statute Staunton Suffolk Supreme Court taxation Tazewell Thomas Jefferson tion trial United University of Virginia Virginia State Bar Volume XI Warrenton Washington WILLIAM Wytheville
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Strana 174 - What constitutes a State? Not high.raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad.armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low.browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high.minded men...
Strana 325 - The lawyer owes entire devotion to the interest of the client, warm zeal in the maintenance and defense of his rights, and the exertion of his utmost learning and ability, to the end that nothing be taken or be withheld from him, save by the rules of law.
Strana 189 - Puritans of that day, preserved by him, we cooked up a resolution, somewhat modernizing their phrases, for appointing the 1st day of June, on which the port bill was to commence, for a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, to implore Heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the hearts of the King and Parliament to moderation and justice.
Strana 327 - It is disreputable to hunt up defects in titles or other causes of action and inform thereof in order to be employed to bring suit, or to breed litigation by seeking out those with claims for personal injuries or those having any other grounds of action in order to secure them as clients...
Strana 274 - I admire the truthfulness and candor of the greater portion of the witnesses who have testified in this case) — had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends, either father, mother, brother, sister, wife, or children, or any of that class, and suffered and sacrificed what I have in this interference, it would have been all right, and every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than...
Strana 326 - Newspaper publications by a lawyer as to pending or anticipated litigation may interfere with a fair trial in the courts and otherwise prejudice the due administration of justice. Generally they are to be condemned.
Strana 220 - ... circumstances would be fair and reasonable as between the carriers and the shippers; they do not engage in any mere administrative work; but still there can be no doubt of their power and duty to inquire whether a body of rates prescribed by a legislature or a commission...
Strana 161 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter !— all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Strana 275 - I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. I believe that to have interfered as I have done, as I have always freely admitted I have done, in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right.
Strana 274 - I never did intend murder, or treason, or the destruction of property, or to excite or incite slaves to rebellion, or to make insurrection.