Adams v. Hays
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of hustings court of Roanoke city, rendered in an action of assunvpsit wherein Hays & Angelí were plaintiffs, and Adams Bros. & Payne were defendants. The verdict and judgment being for the plaintiffs, the defendants brought the case here on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
This is an action of assumpsit brought by Hays & Angell to recover of Adams Bros. & Payne the sum of $745 83, for *154several hundred thousand brick made and furnished the defendants by the plaintiffs. The case was submitted to the jury without instructions being asked on either side, and they returned a verdict for $585 00, that being $160 88 less than the amount claimed in the plaintiffs’ declaration.
Thereupon the defendants moved the court to set aside the verdict and grant them a new trial; which the court refused to do. . And this action of the coui’t constitutes the only assignment of error…
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