Woodburn v. Jones
Woodburn v. Jones
134 S.E. 748; 102 W. Va. 191; 1926 W. Va. LEXIS 103
(South Eastern Reporter)
Woodburn v. Jones
Opinion of the Court
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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