Legal Opinion

Morris v. Peyton

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 29, 1927PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Crump, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Peyton, plaintiff in the trial court, Circuit Court of the city of Newport News, recovered of Morris, the defendant in the case, $500.00 as damages for negligent injury. Morris assigns error.

The only assignment of error is to the ruling of the trial court refusing to set aside the verdict of the jury, and is stated in the petition for writ of error as follows:

“That the trial court erred in refusing to set aside the verdict and enter judgment for the defendant, on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence and without…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Crowell v. DuncanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
  2. Perkins v. GallowaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  3. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. WhitehurstSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
  4. Cohen v. MeadorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1916
  5. Avery v. ThompsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1918

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Smith v. KauffmanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1971
  2. Boggs v. PlybonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
  3. Wynn v. GandySupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
  4. A.H. v. Church of God in Christ, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2019
  5. Evans v. EvansSupreme Court of Virginia · 2010

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