Moore v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Campbell county, in an action of trespass, on the case. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J.,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court.
The question raised by the assignments of error will be considered and passed upon in their order as stated below.
[1] 1. Did the trial court have jurisdiction of the action in the instant case?
This question must be answered in the affirmative.
The position of the plaintiff is that the trial court did have such jurisdiction and that the motion of the company to dismiss the case was, in truth, an objection directed merely against the venue of the action, and came in the wrong form and too late under…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- The ResoluteSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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- Nelson v. Chesapeake & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1892
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- Reed & McCormick v. GoldSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
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