Roberts v. American Column & Lumber Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Fayette County. Assumpsit for breach of contract by Roberts & Stanley against the American Column & Lumber Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:
In assumpsit for breach of contract, the jury awarded plaintiffs $750 damages. For reversal of the judgment upon the verdict, the defendant company relies mainly on the giving and refusal of instructions. The objection to exclusion of evidence can not now be considered, because not covered by bill of exceptions or embodied in the motion below for a new trial.
By the contract sued-on, dated July 30, 1907, plaintiffs agreed to cut and manufacture into lumber all the timber owned by defendant on Likens branch in Fayette county for $9.00 per thousand feet, and also all its timber on…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. HoytSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Merriman v. Cover, Drayton LeonardSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- Charleston Lumber Co. v. FriedmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
- Hanly v. WattersonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
- Cunningham v. CunninghamWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
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