Dempsey v. Lawrence

1 Va. 333

• Court: Court of Appeals of Virginia
• Decided: June 15, 1821
• Status: Published

Opinion

By the COURT.

The court of Chancery had jurisdiction of the case, and might have proceeded to a final decree, after the proper preliminary steps; it might have assigned counsel, to the appellant, and have conformed to the other provisions of the act, prescribing the mode of conducting suits for freedom, (

b) The decree is therefore reversed, and the cause is to be sent back to the ^Chancery court of Wil-liamsburg, with directions to the court, to appoint counsel for the appellant, and to proceed to a final decree on the merits.

(b) Oh. l&t, 1 Rev. Code.