Payne v. Grant
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Fluvanna county, rendered 14th. April, 1883, in an action of assumpsit,- wherein Beverly Grant was plaintiff and Joseph S. Payne was defendant. To which judgment said Payne obtained a writ of error and supersedeas from one of the judges of this court.
1Opinion of the Court
Hinton. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of Fluvanna county, in an action of assumpsit wherein a verdict was rendered in favor of Beverly Grant, the plaintiff below, for the sum of $1,500.
The two first counts of the declaration were special. The first sets out under a “whereas” that the plaintiff had been and was at the time of the agreement in the said count mentioned engaged in exploring lands of various parties for the purpose of discovering gold thereon, and opening and developing the veins so discovered by him with a view to…
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