Ward v. White
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Washington county rendered January 20, 1888, in an action wherein George W. Ward was plaintiff, and William W. White and others were defendants, to recover damages for a personal assault and shooting of plaintiff in error by defendants in error in the town of Abingdon, September 27, 1885. On the trial the verdict was for the plaintiff, and damages assessed against the defendant for the sum of thirteen hundred and seventy-five dollars,…
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Washington county rendered January 20, 1888, in an action wherein George W. Ward was plaintiff, and William W. White and others were defendants, to recover damages for a personal assault and shooting of plaintiff in error by defendants in error in the town of Abingdon, September 27, 1885. On the trial the verdict was for the plaintiff, and damages assessed against the defendant for the sum of thirteen hundred and seventy-five dollars, and judgment rendered by the court accordingly. The plaintiff took sundry hills of exception at the trial, and after the…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of Washington county rendered .on the "20th day of January, 1888. The action was trespass for a personal assault, made by the defendants in error upoii the plaintiff in error, shooting him down in the town of Abingdon on the 27th day ot September, 1885.
On the trial the verdict was for the plaintiff* and damages assessed against the defendants for the sum of thirteen hundred and seventy-five dollars, and judgment rendered by the court accordingly.
The plaintiff took sundry bills of exception at the trial, and after the verdict was…
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