Carpenter v. Gray
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Brunswick county in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
J. E. Gray instituted his action of assumpsit against W. R. Carpenter, and such proceedings were had in the cause as resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the amount claimed by him in his affidavit filed with his declaration in the cause. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
The grounds of error assigned may be considered under two heads—first, the sufficiency of the affidavit filed under the provisions of section 3286 of the Code to entitle the plaintiff to the judgment rendered in his favor; and, second, whether, if the affidavit were sufficient, the plaintiff had,…
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