Supreme Court of Virginia February 2, 1899 (Richmond Railway & Electric Co. v. Harris)

Harrison, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The Richmond Railway & Electric Company, as successor to the Union Passenger Railway Company, having assumed the debts of the last-named company, this proceeding was instituted by the appellee to recover of the first-named company a balance claimed to be due him for extra work done in the construction of the Union Passenger Railway.