Corr v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of King William, county, rendered. October 6, 1893, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant. A verdict was rendered for the defendant April 4, 1893, which the plaintiff moved the court to set aside as contrary to the law and the evidence, but the court, not being advised of its judgment, continued this cause till the next term of the court.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of King William, county, rendered. October 6, 1893, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant. A verdict was rendered for the defendant April 4, 1893, which the plaintiff moved the court to set aside as contrary to the law and the evidence, but the court, not being advised of its judgment, continued this cause till the next term of the court. At the next term, October 6, 1893, the court entered judgment on the verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
*25This was au action of trespass on the case for slander. A general demurrer to the declaration was overruled, and thereupon the plea of not guilty was entered. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff moved to set the verdict aside as contrary to the law and the evidence. The court overruled this motion, and gave judgment in accordance with the finding of the jury.
The only ground of error assigned is to the judgment of the court in refusing to set the verdict aside as contrary to the law and the evidence.
The declaration alleges, and the evidence for the plaintiff tends…
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