Boggs v. Plybon

Decided September 17, 1931. Henry W. Holt wrote the opinion for the court.

157 Va. 30 · Cited 86 times

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• Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Ives · 144 U.S. 408
• Briggs v. Spaulding · 141 U.S. 132
• Preston v. Prather · 137 U.S. 604
• Railroad Co. v. Lockwood · 84 U.S. 357
• Silver v. Silver · 280 U.S. 117
• Epps v. Parrish · 26 Ga. App. 399
• Price v. Burton · 155 Va. 229
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Mace · 151 Va. 458
• Glass v. Huddleston · 155 Va. 143

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