Legal Opinion
Bowles v. May
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 17, 1932PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, J.
The plaintiff in the trial court obtained a verdict and judgment for physical consequences of fright or mental shock, unaccompanied by contemporaneous physical injury. From that judgment the defendant obtained a writ of error.
The notice of motion was not skilfully drawn. It contains elements of trespass, assault, slander and the use of insulting words, combined in a recital of events with no attempt to segregate the allegations constituting the different causes of action in separate'counts. Notwithstanding the liberal construction given to notices of motion under Code, section 6046, the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Spade v. Lynn & Boston RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Comstock v. WilsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Homans v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Watson v. DiltsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
- Graham Paper Co. v. WohlwendSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Womack v. EldridgeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1974
- Hughes v. MooreSupreme Court of Virginia · 1973
- Harris v. KreutzerSupreme Court of Virginia · 2006
- Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. O'NEALSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
- Barrett v. Applied Radiant Energy Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
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