Clark v. Lang
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Buckingham county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants assign error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
Lang recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court of Buckingham county against the Clarks for $2,000 damages, for negligently burning certain buildings and personal property belonging to Lang, and the case is here on a writ of error to that judgment.
The following errors are assigned: (1) Overruling defendants’ motion to set aside the verdict as contrary to the evidence; (2) overruling defendants’ demurrer to the third count of the declaration; and (3) in giving and refusing instructions.
It is unnecessary to pass upon the first assignment of error as the verdict will have to b’e set aside for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. HunterSupreme Court of Virginia · 1909