DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.
1. Where, as here, the petitioner, a nonresident railroad, brought an action ex contractu against a resident of this State for the collection of freight charges owing the petitioner, and by cross-action the defendant set off an action ex delicto for negligence, a court of equity will take jurisdiction thereof, under Code § 37-308, and this court has jurisdiction of the writ of error from the lower court. See Hecht v. Snook...
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