Rowland Lumber Co. v. Ross
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Chancery Court of the eity of 'Norfolk, rendered October 20, 1900, in an action of assumpsit wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
P. Sanford Ross sued the Rowland Lumber Company in assumpsit and obtained a judgment against it for the sum .of $4,244.99, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent., and the case is before us upon exceptions taken to the rulings and judgment in the trial court.
The Rowland Lumber Co., desiring to have a channel dredged from a point in Scott’s Creek, Norfolk harbor, to the áte of its proposed lumber shed, received a letter from P. Sanford Ross Company of date November 3, 1899, addressed to Gr. M. Serpell, Esq., as follows:
“Dear Sir,—We will agree to…
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