CHAP. 42.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act relating to demurrers
to evidence, approved March 14, 1906.

Approved February 19, 1912.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
an act entitled ‘‘an act relating to demurrers to evidence,” ap-
proved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and six. be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows: In all suits or motions
hereafter, when the evidence is concluded before the court and
jury, the party tendering the demurrer to evidence shall state
in writing specifically the grounds of demurrer relied on, and
the demurree shall not be forced to join in the said demurrer
until the specific grounds upon which the demurrant relies are
stated in writing; nor shall any grounds of demurrer not thus
specifically stated be considered, except that the court may, in
its discretion, allow the demurrant to withdraw the demurrer;
may allow the joinder in demurrer to be withdrawn by the de-
murree, and new evidence admitted, or a non-suit to be taken
until the jury retire from the bar.