Atlantic & Danville Railway Co. v. Reiger
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Portsmouth rendered October 31, 1895, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
Under the decisions of the court in the cases of B. & O. Railroad Co. v. Sherman, 30 Gratt. 602, 606; N. & W. Railroad Co. *421v. Harman, 83 Va. 553, and Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Co. v. Joyner, 92 Va. 354, each count in the decaration was sufficient, and the demurrer thereto was properly overruled.
The defendant made a motion (which was overruled) to have the cause removed, under section 3316 of the Code, from the Corporation Court of the city of Portsmouth to the Circuit Court of the county of Norfolk, on the ground that a general prejudice or ill feeling existed in that city against the…
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