Guide Publishing Co. v. Futrell
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, J.
This is an action for insulting words, in which judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $500 was entered on the verdict. To that judgment this writ of error was granted on the petition of the Guide Publishing Company, Inc., defendant in the trial court.
There is no merit in assignments of error numbered 1, 2 and 3. The fourth assignment of error is based on the refusal of the trial court to set aside the verdict on the ground that it was not supported by evidence. This contention renders it necessary to review the evidence in some detail.
Lenora White, a negro woman, while confined in jail in…
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