Legal Opinion
Costan v. Smith
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 12, 1925PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChichester, J.
This is an action for damages for personal injury, in which Downing L. Smith was plaintiff and John E. ■Costan and W. C. Evans were defendants.
The jury found a verdict of $7,500 in favor of the plaintiff against the defendants jointly, upon which the court rendered judgment. The defendant, John E. Costan, applied for and obtained a writ of error, which brings into question the correctness of this judgment as to him.
Costan is a restaurant keeper in the city of Charlottesville. Evans is a dealer in automobiles, representing the Jordan Agency at Charlottesville. As such agent he sold Costan a…
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