The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-15
RICHMOND COLLEGE
GETS WRIT Of ERROR
Litigation In Which 1t Declined to Pay
for Alleged Defective Work Now
In Supreme Court.

! Writ of error and superssdeas was
awarded yesterday bN the Virginia
supreme court in the case of the
Scott -Nuckols company against Rich
mond college. The writ being awarded
on the petition Of the college.
! II seems that the Scott-Nuckols
/ company was the contractor for a
large amount of plumbing for the col
I lege, the total contract having been
Something more than $4,000. All but
1885 was paid TO the contractor.
that sum having been retained when
the college discovered certain inipor-
tant defects in the work. Judgment
was awarded the contractors In hust-
ings court. Part H. against the col
lege for the sum retained
Error and supersedeas writs were
awarded IN the case of the Southern
railway company against f. l. Mabe,
administered for Lloyd Maize, from
/ the circuit court OF Pittsylvania, being
case why're the railway company
considers itself aggrieved by YER
dict for $500 awarded for personal
injuries resulting In the death of Lloyd
Mabe,
Petition was refused In the case Of j.
/ H. Spencer suing in his own right.
land as administrator of w. Il. Spen-
| Ger vs. r. II. Kapler.
/ The supreme court of appeals OF Viz
ginta Tuesday awarded an appeal
and supersedeas In the matter of the
petition Of the Bank Of Commerce and
Trusts, OF this city. against the Alta
vista Cotton Mills. incorporated
/ The Richmond institution get out IN
L. 4 yr "a
by Judgment in the circuit court or
Campbell county. + 1t had made a loan
of $4,000 on a note. taking as collater-
al certain stock OF the Altavista com.
many. and when the. person to whom
the loan had been made failed TO meet
the obligation the collateral was sold at
auction in due course of business and
bought in by the bank.
( Later the bank was notified by the
CORPORATION that the stock was Invalid.
it's issue never having been legally au-
thorizsd. The petition and evidence IN
the case forms a book OF 25o type
written pages and the case Will attract
a very eonsid cradle amount of inter-
est In it's final adjudication on account
of the questions OF stock issue ana
iowrershin involved.
Others Are Refused.
| Frank Ganos. of Hopewell. was re-
! fused a writ of error. He was given
the usual thirty DAYS in iai1 and $50
fine on the allegation that he stored
ardent spirits and exposed them Tor
sale 1t appears, according to his Pc
ititIon. that whiskey was found ceiled
iup in the wall of a vacant room of n
house occupied by Ganos- He declares
that he is an innocent man. that he
has now after considerable delay sue
ceeded in locating witnesses who are
willing TO swear that a previous occu-
pant OF the premises had placed the
liquor where it was found by the Of
fcers
The petition OF Emma Banks, whose
case comes up from the corporation
court OF the city OF Newport News.
was likewise refused she says that
while under duress" she admitted
ithat she had whiskey in her personal
baggage--that the complaint against
her, while setting out where she was
arrested and where she was coming
from. did not say whittier she was GO
Inns. the intimation being that she was
! passing through the state. although
her petition does not so indicate.
! Other petitions passed on were;
Farrnville Building and Loan company
VS.. Trent and others. refused Paul w.
Beckham ct ais VS.. Planters Bank of
Farmvilie, appeal and supersedeas
AWARDED. Both OF these cases are from
the circuit court OF Prince Edward
county. @.
w. u. Fender. trustee. VS. Nathsn
Block and Rachel Block. hts wife.
from the circuit court OF Norfolk, hav-
ing to do with the disposition of funds
arising from the collection and dis
'bursemant of funds arising from a fire
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was under deed of trust. the main
point at issue was the charge OF the
trustee of commission such as would
have come to him In case OF the sale
OF the property petition refused.
| c. W. Barnard w. the Lynchburg
lSand company. refused.
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