Staunton Mutual Telephone Co. v. Buchanan
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Staunton in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The first error assigned is to the action of the court in striking out three special pleas filed by the plaintiff in error, the defendant in the corporation court.
In the month of December, 1905, a fire occurred in the storehouse of the defendant in error, the plaintiff in the court below. In the following February the plaintiff instituted his action of trespass on the case against the Staunton Mutual Telephone Company and the city of Staunton. The declaration in that case contained two counts, one against the telephone company, and the other against the city of Staunton, for negligently…
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