Barbour v. Melendy & Russell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of city of Alexandria, rendered Rovembor 28th, 1888, upon a verdict of a jury empaneled to try an issue out of chancery directed by a decree of this court, entered February 4th, 1884, in the cause wherein the appellant, John S. Barbour, receiver, was complainant, and A. B. 'Melendy and T. J. Russell were defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
*596This is the sequel of the case of Melendy & Russell v. Barbour, receiver, decided iu this court on the 7th day of February, 1884, and reported in 78 Va. Rep., p. 544, where the case will be found fully stated in the opinion of this court delivered by Judge 'Richardson.
At the former hearing here all questions raised in the cause were decided, except as to the amount of damages actually sustained by the appellants hjr the negligent killing of the famous horse “ Bristow.”
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