West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 1926

Woodburn v. Jones

Woodburn v. Jones
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals · Decided September 21, 1926 · Litz
134 S.E. 748; 102 W. Va. 191; 1926 W. Va. LEXIS 103 (South Eastern Reporter)

Woodburn v. Jones

Opinion of the Court

*192 Litz, President :

This is an 'action of trespass on the case for malpractice. On the trial the court directed a verdict for the defendant, and entered judgment for costs in favor of the defendant. Prom the judgment the plaintiff obtained a writ of error. The defendant has filed a motion to dismiss the writ as having been improvidently awarded.

As the trial court did not enter a judgment of nil capia! the order was not final, and the motion must be sustained. Hunt v. Mounts, 96 W. Va. 143; Kirk v. Camden Interstate Railway Co., 66 W. Va. 486.

Dismissed as improvidently awarded.

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