Barr v. Thacher

*27In this case the plaintiff in error, Lewis J. Barr, was the plaintiff in the trial court and the defendants in error, Lester E. Thacher, Castelberg, Incorporated, Associated Barr Stores, Incorporated, and the National Surety Company, were the defendants. Thacher was the principal defendant and the others were co-defendants.

Barr alleged in his petition that Thacher was indebted to him in the sum of $5,000 on account of damages suffered by him for personal injuries sustained by an assault made upon him by Thacher. The petition alleged that Thacher was a non-resident of the State of Virginia but…