Supreme Court of Virginia July 23, 1891 (Bertha Zinc Co. v. Black's Adm'r)

Lacy, J'.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error assigns various alleged errors, but the defendant in error assigns as error to his prejudice the action *305of the court in setting aside the first verdict, because the damages assessed by the jury were deemed excessive. And we will consider this assignment first, as it stands in point of time prior to all others.