W. S. Forbes & Co. v. Southern Cotton Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for defendant, . Plaintiff appeals. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
This is an action of assumpsit brought by the plaintiff in error, a corporation, (plaintiff below) against the defendant in error (defendant below) to recover damages for failure to deliver according to contract two tanks of crude cotton seed oil. There was a verdict for the plaintiff for $800 which the trial court set aside and entered judgment for the defendant pursuant to section 6251 of the Code. The plaintiff excepted and the case is brought here on a writ of error to that judgment.
[1] The plaintiff filed an original and also an amended declaration, to which the trial court sustained a…
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