Matthews v. LaPrade
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Charlotte county in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for damages. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiif assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
[1] This is a proceeding by notice of a motion to recover damages for the breach of an option contract for the sale of real estate. The defendant demurred to the notice and the trial court sustained the demurrer. Thereupon the plaintiff asked leave to amend his notice in certain particulars, but the trial court refused to allow the amendment and the plaintiff excepted.
The errors assigned are (1) the judgment of the trial court sustaining the demurrer, and (2). its refusal to permit the amendment. The plaintiff filed no bill or certificate of exception to the ruling of the trial court refusing…
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