Newberry v. Watts
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Tazewell county in an action of debt. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This is an action of debt, brought by Mrs. F. Gr. S. Watts, as assignee of her late husband, John Gr. Watts, against Harman Newberry on a bond for thirty-five hundred dollars, executed on January 1, 1896, by the latter to John G-. Watts, and payable one year after date.
The defendant filed pleas of payment and set-off. The plaintiff demurred to the evidence, which was sustained by the court and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
*732The first error assigned is that the demurrer to the evidence was general and did not specifically state the…
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