Oliver v. Commonwealth

Sep 20, 1934
Reporters:
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Before:
Browning
Browning, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

*348The Commonwealth of Virginia moved to dismiss the writ ‍​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‍of error in this case because the appellants have not complied with subsection (b) of Rule II of this court, which requires an appellant or plaintiff in error to ‍​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‍include in his petition for a writ, or in his brief, a concise and fair abstract or statement of all the pertinent facts in the case, those which are ‍​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‍controverted as well as those which are conceded. We are thus brought to a consideration of this point.

The rules of the court have a salutary purpose, and their ‍​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‍requirements must be adhered to. It is perfectly patent that the petition in this case does not conform to the rule in the respect mentioned and accordingly it is ‍​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‍our duty to dismiss the writ heretofore granted as improvidently ■ awarded, which we do.

Dismissed.