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§ 8.01-677.1. Appeals filed in inappropriate appellate court

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, no appeal which was otherwise properly and timely filed shall be dismissed for want of jurisdiction solely because it was filed in either the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals and the appellate court in which it was filed thereafter rules that it should have been filed […]

§ 8.01-678. For what a judgment not to be reversed

When it plainly appears from the record and the evidence given at the trial that the parties have had a fair trial on the merits and substantial justice has been reached, no judgment shall be arrested or reversed: 1. For the appearance of either party, being under the age of eighteen years, by attorney, if […]