Tidewater Railway Co. v. Hurt
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree- of the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania county. Decree for the defendant. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
The appellant, the Tidewater Railway Company, assigns error to the action of the circuit court sustaining the demurrer to the original bill. But the rule is well settled, that when a demurrer to a bill is sustained, with leave t-o the plaintiff to amend, if the plaintiff exercises that privilege, he cannot afterward be heard to object to the decree on the original bill. Fudge v. Payne, 86 Va. 303, 10 S. E. 7; Connell v. Railway Company, 93 Va. 44, 24 S. E. 467, 32 L. R. A. 792, 57 Am. St. *206Rep. 186; Brickhead v. Railway Company, 95 Va. 648, 29 S. E. 678.
This appeal, therefore, only calls for a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Grafton v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Connell's Ex'ors v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. CoxSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
- Fudge v. PayneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889
- Stokes v. OliverSupreme Court of Virginia · 1882
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