Legal Opinion

Morriss v. White

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided February 25, 1926PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Crump, P.,

after making the foregoing statement,, delivered the following opinion of the court.

The plaintiff assigns as error the ruling of the court requiring him to make an election between the two causes of action claimed by the defendant-to have been set up in the declaration. It is argued by the defendant that plaintiff declared upon two separate causes of action not similar in their nature- and requiring widely different defenses, and therefore-the declaration was open to the objection of duplicity,, and the court properly required the plaintiff to elect upon 'which cause of action he…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wood v. CarpenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. RisonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
  3. Culpeper National Bank, Inc. v. Tidewater Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1916
  4. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. American Exchange BankSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
  5. Cover v. CritcherSupreme Court of Virginia · 1925

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Collins v. Dravo Contracting Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Newman v. WalkerSupreme Court of Virginia · 2005
  3. Blinder, Robinson & Co. v. State Corp. CommissionSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
  4. Jackson v. RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929

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