Central Lunatic Asylum v. Flanagan
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment- of circuit court of Richmond city, rendered 19th January, 1884, in an action of assumpsit, wherein Madison Flanagan was plaintiff, and the board of directors of the Central Lunatic Asylum were defendants. The object of the suit was to recover damages for the breach of a certain contract.
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Error to judgment- of circuit court of Richmond city, rendered 19th January, 1884, in an action of assumpsit, wherein Madison Flanagan was plaintiff, and the board of directors of the Central Lunatic Asylum were defendants. The object of the suit was to recover damages for the breach of a certain contract. The jury found for the plaintiff, and assessed his damages at $6,159.50. During the trial the defendant excepted to sundry rulings of the court, and after the rendition of the verdict moved to set it aside as being contrary to the law and the evidence;' but the motion was overruled, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the. opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the city of Richmond. The facts of this case are few, and the. principles of law applicable" thereto well settled. Pursuant to an act of the legislature, approved March 6th, 1882, and amended and reenacted the same day (Acts 1881-T2, p. 246, ct acq.), the plaintiffs in error, on the 22d day of August, 1882, directed the president of the hoard to make, proper advertisement for bids for the erection of a new asylum building. Advertisement was duly made, and at a subsequent meeting of the *112b…
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