Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1800

Taliaferro v. Robb

Taliaferro v. Robb
Court of Appeals of Virginia · Decided April 15, 1800 · Lyons
2 Va. 258

Taliaferro v. Robb

Opinion of the Court

LYONS, Judge.

Delivered the resolution of the court, that, in order to render the defendant liable, it ought to have been averred, in the declaration, that the defendant had assets, or that the plaintiff forbore, or that there was some other consideration. But this having been omitted, that the judgment was erroneous, and to be reversed; and judgment on the verdict arrested, on account of the insufficiency of the declaration.

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