Langhorne v. Waller's Ex'or

Citations

• 76 Va. 213
• 1882 Va. LEXIS 21

Syllabus

<p>1. Courts—Failure to sit.—When a court fails to sit on any day to which it may have adjourned, all matters ready for the court to act upon, if it had been held on such day, shall be in the same condition and have the same effect as if continued to the next day of the same term that the court may sit.</p> <p>2. Idem—Idem—Case at bar.'—Corporation court of L adjourned from 20th to 23d December; failed to sit on 23d, hut sat before 4 o’clock of the third day after the 23d, and tried and entered judgment in a cause which at a previous day of the term had been set for trial on the day last referred to, for convenience and by agreement of counsel.</p> <p>Held:</p> <p>The court had a right to sit and try and determine the cause before 4 o’clock on 26th December, and the judgment entered by it that day is valid.</p>