Wilder v. Dennis
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Uynchburg; Henry C. McDowell, Judge. Action at law by Victor A. Wilder against William U. Dennis, John C. McCoy, George H. Stone, Joshua Baisden, and L. C. Bell. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
GOEE, Circuit Judge.
This writ of error is prosecuted to a judgment of the court below, entered in an action of ejectment instituted by Victor A. Wilder against William L. Dennis, John C. McCoy, George H. Stone, Joshua Baisden, and L. C. Bell. In due time the case was tried before a jury, which, by direction'of the-court below, returned a verdict for the defendant? Pending the proceedings in *669the court below, a motion was made to set aside the verdict, as having-been improvidently directed, which motion the court overruled, filing an opinion relating to the points raised and argued by counsel…
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