Harman v. Ratliff
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Buchanan county, rendered September 26, 1893, in an action of ejectment, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendants in error were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This is an action of ejectment brought in the Circuit Court of Buchanan county by the plaintiff in error against the defendants in error, and the. verdict was for the defendants. A motion was made by the plaintiff to set aside the verdict because it was contrary to the law and the evidence, or was without evidence to support it; which motion was overruled, and this ruling of the trial court constitutes the error assigned in the petition of plaintiff for the writ of error awarded him.
It is admitted here that the plaintiff at the trial connected himself with the Commonwealth by a regular chain…
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