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· 6/9/1989

Higgins v. Bowdoin

Citations

  • 380 S.E.2d 904
  • 238 Va. 134
  • 5 Va. Law Rep. 2843
  • 1989 Va. LEXIS 115

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  • holding that a statute that applied to a certain set of circumstances supplanted the contrary common law in that situation
  • holding that a statute that applied to a certain set of circumstances supplanted the contrary common law in that situation
  • holding the trial court failed to adhere to the principles governing motions to strike when it “undertook to determine the truth or falsity of the testimony and to weigh the evidence”

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Judges: Thomas

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