Brown v. Austin-Western Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
' Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action of qs sump sit was brought by the Austin-Western Company, Limited, to recover of J. Henry Brown $2,249, the purchase price of two rock crushers. The defendant filed a plea of non assumpsit, and a special plea of set-offs, amounting to $5,121 .60. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $2,249 and costs, subject to a credit of $221.60, which we are asked to review and reverse.
It appears that the defendant, J. Henry Brown, owned and operated certain granite quarries in Henrico county, and that the plaintiff manufactured machinery in Chicago. On the 5th day of…
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