Offtendinger v. Ford

Citations

• 86 Va. 917
• 12 S.E. 1
• 1890 Va. LEXIS 60

Syllabus

<p>1. Attachments—Return.—The return must show that the attachment was levied on the property of the defendant in order to make it valid. Hope v. Robertson, 83 Va., 124.</p> <p>2. Record—Certificate of clerk.—A paper which does not appear in the record to have been relied on, cannot be made part of record by the clerk’s certificate. Karn v. Hickson, 80 Va., 589.</p> <p>'3. Appellate jurisdiction—Case, at bar.—If decree appealed from was rendered within the statutory period of appeal, this court has jurisdiction, though the decree was on a petition to reverse a former decree pronounced anterior to the said period.</p>