Nesbit v. Webb
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Roanoke in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought by J. E. Webb to recover of J. C. Nesbit damages for injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, which we are asked by the defendant to review.
The petition assigns two grounds of error: (1) That the court erred in giving and refusing instructions: and (2) That it erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.
Viewed from the standpoint of a demurrer to the evidence, the pertinent facts appear to be that the defendant, a building contractor, was engaged in…
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