McCrowell v. Burson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of "Washington county, rendered 11th October, 1883, in an action of trespass on the case wherein John McCrowell was plaintiff, and Z. L. Burson was defendant.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of "Washington county, rendered 11th October, 1883, in an action of trespass on the case wherein John McCrowell was plaintiff, and Z. L. Burson was defendant. The object of the suit was to recover $1,000 damages for the breach of a contract dated December 22d, 18*79, whereby Burson employed McCrowell to build two storehouses for him in Bristol, Tenn., and for the necessary labor and materials therefor, agreed to pay McCrowell the sum of $1,600, partly in goods to be furnished as the wort progressed, at cash prices, $500 in two houses and lots in west end of…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
The sole question, on the merits of the case, is whether the court below correctly decided the law upon the facts found by the jury in their special verdict. But before proceeding to consider that question, it is necessary to first consider a jurisdictional question raised by-counsel for the defendant in error, and strenuously insisted upon.
In their printed brief the learned counsel for the defendant in error say: The amount in controversy, as ascertained by the special verdict, is $242.25 ; that that is the sum and the only sqm that is was possible for the plaintiff to have recovered in the…
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