Harvey v. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railway Co.

Harvey, who will hereinafter be referred to as the plaintiff, instituted an action at law against the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway Company, which will be referred to as the defendant, alleging a breach of an oral contract whereby he claimed that the defendant agreed to furnish him employment for his life. The case was tried by a jury and when the evidence of the plaintiff had been introduced, counsel for the defendant moved that it be excluded. The court sustained the motion, excluded the evidence and the jury returned a verdict for the defendant upon which the judgment now…