Manss-Owens Co. v. H. S. Owens & Son
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Newport News in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
H. S. Owens & Son, a co-partnership, hereinafter called the plaintiffs, recovered of the Manss-Owens Company, a corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio, engaged in the manufacture of shoes, a judgment for $2,600 as damages for an alleged breach of contract.
The Manss-Owens Company alleges two errors: First, that the court erred in construing the evidence as showing that a contract existed, and in refusing to instruct the jury that this evidence is insufficient to prove the contract; and, secondly, that the verdict should have been set aside because there was not sufficient evidence to support it,…
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