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GRAME v. MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA; GODDIN v. MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA, 1881 — 154 U.S. 676 · caselaw · US
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GRAME v. MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA; GODDIN v. MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA
154 U.S. 67626 L. Ed. 740·Supreme Court of the United States·1881
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Opinion
GRAME v. MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA. GODDIN v. MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA.
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
Nos. 1049 and 1050.
Submitted November 28, 1881.
Decided December 12, 1881.
Steines v. Franklin County, 14 Wall. 15, followed.
Mr. W. B. Webb and Mr. James Lyons for plaintiffs in error.
Mr. P. Phillips, Mt. W- A. Maury and Mr. W. If. Phillips for defendant.in error,
[MAJORITY — Mr. Chief Justice Waite]
Mr. Chief Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
The motions for writs of certiorari are denied. A petition for a rehearing, filed in the court below after judgment, which has been refused, is no part of the record to be returned here with a writ of error for a review of the judgment. Steines v. Franklin County, 14 Wall. 21.
The motions to affirm are also denied. The further consideration of the motions to dismiss is postponed until the causes come up for hearing on the merits. Denied.