
    Denny Fairfax v. Robert Stephen. The Same v. David Hunter.
    Caveat—Copies—Certification—Case at Bar.—Copies of caveats from the Land Office, certified by a cleric of the office, and not by the Register, void.
   These were cases depending on caveats, adjourned by the District Court of Winchester, in April 1790, for novelty and difficulty. The question adjourned, is stated in the opinion of the court.

'x'June 20th, 1791. Present, Tazewell, Parker and Tyler, judges. “This day came the parties by their attornies, who being heard, it is the opinion of this court that the caveats of the several plaintiffs against the respective defendants, being entered by the clerk of the court, upon copies from the land office certified by the clerk thereof, and not by the register, are void, and ought for that reason to be dismissed.”  