Fisher v. Fisher

Virginia Chancery Court

Fisher v. Fisher

4 Va. 484

Virginia Chancery Court·Decided February 15, 1810·Published

Opinion

By the Chancellor.

If the answer had been filed in the . regular course of the Court, six months would have been allowed by the act of assembly, to the defendant, after replication, to take his testimony, and to prepare for a trial; but, as the defendant is in contempt, he can only be allowed to file his answer, upon condition, that the trial shall not be delayed by a general replication, which may be filed in Court.

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By the Chancellor.

If the answer had been filed in the . regular course of the Court, six months would have been allowed by the act of assembly, to the defendant, after replication, to take his testimony, and to prepare for a trial; but, as the defendant is in contempt, he can only be allowed to file his answer, upon condition, that the trial shall not be delayed by a general replication, which may be filed in Court.

Fisher v. Fisher, 4 Va. 484 (Va. Super. Ct. 1810).

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