Southern Railway Co. v. Hansbrough's Administratrix
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Alexandria in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
When this case was here on a former occasion, the judgment, ■of the circuit court was reversed, because of error in the ruling •on the demurrer to the declaration, and the cause remanded for -a new trial, the order of the court remanding the case providing, “That the plaintiff in error recover of the defendant in error out of the estate in her hands to be administered its costs by it in this behalf expended.”
Upon the calling of the case below for the new trial, it was •claimed by the defendant company that the order of this court was, in effect, a new trial awarded to the plaintiff, and that,…
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