Driver v. Hartman
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an application for a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county rendered at the October term, 1898, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, a.nd the plaintiff in error was the defendant. The action was brought to recover damages for the alleged seduction of the daughter of the defendant in error by the plaintiff in error.
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This was an application for a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county rendered at the October term, 1898, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, a.nd the plaintiff in error was the defendant. The action was brought to recover damages for the alleged seduction of the daughter of the defendant in error by the plaintiff in error. The writ of error was refused, as stated in the opinion, chiefly for the reason that the bills of exception did not set forth what the defendant expected to prove by the witnesses. Two bills…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by the court.
Hnder the rule applicable in the consideration of this case the verdict of the jury cannot be disturbed. Code, sec. 8484.
The first and second assignments of error touching the action of the court in refusing to allow witnesses to answer certain questions cannot be considered, because the bills of exception do not show what the defendant expected or proposed to prove by either witness. Union Central Life Ins. Co. v. Pollard, 94 Va. 146.
For these reasons the writ of error cannot be awarded.
Writ of error refused.
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