Stuart v. Smith-Courtney Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, upon a petition against the members of the Convict Lime. Board, the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Treasurer. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants assign error.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
The Smith-Courtney Company, hereinafter called the plaintiff, claiming a balance due for the construction of a lime grinding plant at Staunton, under a contract with the Convict Lime Board (composed of the Governor, the Superintendent of the Penitentiary and the Commissioner of Agriculture), filed its petition in the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond against the members of the board, the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Treasurer, hereinafter called the defendants, under section 746 of the Code, and the court empaneled a jury, under section 748, which found a verdict for the plaintiff,…
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