American Oil Co. v. Nicholas

The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called the defendants, complain of a judgment against them for $10,000.00. The defendant in error, hereinafter called the plaintiff, complains of the action of the trial court in reducing tó'$10,000.00 the $25,000.00 verdict awarded him by the jury.

• The defendants, one a foreign,, the other a Virginia, corporation, closely inter-related, were engaged in the business of buying and distributing in wholesale quantities petroleum products, including, gasoline and kerosene, in the cities of Petersburg and Hopewell. On January 31, 1929,-the defendants purchased…