CHAP. 283.—An ACT to require plaintiffs in the action of ejectment
in the counties of Buchanan, Wise, and Dickenson to file their
written record evidence before trial.

Approved March 9, 1880.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
in all cases of ejectment now pending or hereafter brought in
the counties of Buchanan, Dickenson, and Wise, the plaintiff
shall file with his declaration, thirty days before trial, the writ-
ten and record evidence on which he relies, and unless he does
so the defendant may have a continuance of the case at the
cost of the plaintiff; and if the said case shall be so continued
for two terms consecutively, the court in its discretion may
enter judgment for the defendant.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

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