Thompson v. Turner

Defendant’s brief, after listing forty-one assignments of error composed of forty-two exceptions, says: “All of the assignments of error heretofore listed and brought forward are insisted upon, but we especially invite the Court’s attention to the following:” Eight assignments of error are then listed as meriting special attention.

We do not deem it necessary to deal separately with the designated assignments of error consisting of motions to nonsuit and exceptions to the charge. We understand them to present two legal questions.

The first question is: Have plaintiffs alleged and proved a…