Knights of Columbus v. Burroughs' Beneficiary
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Alexandria in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit was brought by IVIary A. Burroughs, as beneficiary of William J. Burroughs, deceased, in the corporation court of’ the city of Alexandria, against the Knights of Columbus, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the state of Connecticut, and doing business in the state of Virginia. The defendant appeared and pleaded non-assumpsit and two special pleas. The plaintiff took issue upon the first plea and filed special replication to the second and third pleas. Issue was joined thereon. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the…
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