Morris v. Deane
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Greene county, rendered November 11, 1893, reversing the judgment of the County Court of said county, pronounced in an action of unlawful detainer wherein the defendants in error were the plaintiffs, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. Upon the trial in the County Court all matters of law and fact were submitted to the court which rendered judgment for the defendant.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Greene county, rendered November 11, 1893, reversing the judgment of the County Court of said county, pronounced in an action of unlawful detainer wherein the defendants in error were the plaintiffs, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. Upon the trial in the County Court all matters of law and fact were submitted to the court which rendered judgment for the defendant. To the opinion and judgment of the court the plaintiffs excepted, and spread all of the evidence on the record by a proper bill of exceptions for that purpose. A writ of error…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action of unlawful detainer was tried in the County Court, all matters of law and fact being submitted to the court for its judgment, and, on a regular bill of exceptions embodying the evidence, was taken by writ of error to the Circuit Court, and from that court brought by writ of error to this.
The court is of opinion that the contention of the defendant in error, here, that the case should be dismissed because no exception was taken to the judgment of the Circuit Court is not tenable. There was no necessity for a bill of exceptions to the judgment of the Circuit Court. That court…
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