Carr v. Bates & Rogers Construction Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Eansemond county in an.action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The plaintiff in error, who was the plaintiff in the court below, instituted his action in the Circuit Court for Eansemond county to recover damages for a personal injury alleged *372to have been, done him in that county by the negligence of the defendant, a foreign corporation doing business in this State.
The defendant had complied with the provisions of section 1104 of the Code of 1904 by appointing a resident of the city of Boanoke as its agent, upon whom all lawful processes against the corporation could he served. The summons or writ was directed to the sergeant of that city and was served…
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