Thomas & Cross v. Brown
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court, Part II, of the city of Richmond, in an action of assumpsit. Judg-ment for the defendant. Plaintiffs assign error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought by the firm of Thomas & Cross to recover of Harvey C. Brown $450.54, a balance alleged to be due them from the defendant on a parol contract for building certain houses. There was a verdict for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed by them, subject to the opinion of the court upon a demurrer to the evidence by the defendant. The court sustained the demurrer to the evidence, and we are asked to review that judgment.
It appears from the record that in December, 1910, the plaintiffs and the defendant entered into an oral contract whereby the former undertook to build…
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