Legal Opinion
Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Hardy
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 13, 1929PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, C. J.
On the afternoon of January 26, 1927, John E. Hardy,, driving alone in a Ford coupe along the public highway, from Petersburg to Blackstone, was killed by a train of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company at a crossing near Blackstone, in Nottoway county. His administratrix filed a motion against the railway company for the recovery of damages for his death.
The notice averred the negligence of the company to be the failure to sound the crossing signals required by statute.
There was a jury trial, a verdict for $8,000.00 damages, upon which the trial court entered final judgment, and the case…
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