Boyd v. Boyd
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Lynchburg in an action of trespass on the case. To a judgment for the plaintiff for one-half of the amount found in her favor by the jury, the plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The only question raised in the petition for this writ of error is whether or not the corporation court erred in holding that it would set aside the verdict and grant a new trial unless the plaintiff would accept $1,500 in lieu of the verdict in her favor for $3,000.
The plaintiff accepted the $1,500 under protest. The motion of the defendant to set aside the verdict because it was contrary to the law and the evidence and because the damages awarded were excessive, and grant a new trial, was overruled and judgment entered for the $1,500. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded upon the…
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