Brown v. Rice's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Rockingham county, rendered 15th. March., 1879, in action of debt wherein William R. Warren, administrator of Milly Rice, deceased, was plaintiff, and Mary B. Brown was defendant. A. W. & J. G. Brown, on 16th February, 1854, made a note for $3,392.66, and on 16th February, 1857, made another note for $391.39, both payable on demand to Milly Rice.- Payments were made on these notes.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Rockingham county, rendered 15th. March., 1879, in action of debt wherein William R. Warren, administrator of Milly Rice, deceased, was plaintiff, and Mary B. Brown was defendant. A. W. & J. G. Brown, on 16th February, 1854, made a note for $3,392.66, and on 16th February, 1857, made another note for $391.39, both payable on demand to Milly Rice.- Payments were made on these notes. J. G. Brown died in 1857, leaving his widow, Mary Brown, his sole legatee, devisee and executrix. A. W. Brown died in 1861 intestate, and his son B. S. Brown and his widow Mary…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
There were two jury trials in this case. On the first trial the jury rendered a verdict for the defendant, which, upon motion of the plaintiff, was set aside and a new trial granted him. To this ruling of the court the defendant • excepted, and the evidence was certified by the court.
Upon the second trial the verdict of the jury was for the plaintiff. And the defendant moved the court to set it aside, and to grant her a new trial, upon the ground that the verdict was contrary to law and the evidence, and also because the instructions given to the jury at the instance of the plaintiff, and…
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