Legal Opinion

Stony Creek Lumber Co. v. Fields & Co.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 19, 1903PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Scott county, rendered March 21, 1903, in an action of assumpsit, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.

1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.

The Stony Creek Lumber Company, a corporation, brought its action of assumpsit in the Circuit Court of Scott county against Oliver Fields, J. G-. Fields and Rufus Fields, partners under the firm name of Fields & Co., having for its object the securing of $500.00 damages for breach of a written contract to do a certain job of logging, and $355.90, balance on store account alleged to be due the plaintiff. The defendants plead jointly the general issue of non assumpsit, filing therewith their grounds of defence, and also a cross demand of set-offs, alleging that the plaintiff was indebted to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Cushing v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
  2. Streeper v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1865
  3. Welch Al. v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Virginia · 1888
  4. Petty v. Frick Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1890
  5. Wolf v. Des Moines & Ft. Dodge R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Brooks v. BanksonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1994
  2. O'BRIAN v. Langley SchoolSupreme Court of Virginia · 1998
  3. Charleston Lumber Co. v. FriedmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Bilz v. PowellSupreme Court of Colorado · 1911
  5. Mayor of Washington v. Potomac Engineering & Construction Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1909

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