Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. N. H. Slack Grocery Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of “the Hustings Court of city of Portsmouth, in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for damages. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The court instructed the jury as follows: On Behalf of The Plaintiff.
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Error to a judgment of “the Hustings Court of city of Portsmouth, in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for damages. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The court instructed the jury as follows: On Behalf of The Plaintiff. A. “The jury is instructed that the operator of a street car has no right to assume that no person will attempt to cross the track in view of a car, and he must use ordinary care to attempt to check its speed as soon as he sees, or ought to have seen, that a person is about to cross in dangerous proximity to his car, and if they believe from the evidence in…
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*691A motor truck owned by the N. H. Slack Grocery Company was damaged in a collision with a street car owned by the Virginia Railway and Power Company. The grocery company, in an action against the railway company for the damage thus sustained, recovered the judgment here under review.
The accident occurred at the intersection of County and Washington streets, in the city of Portsmouth. These streets intersect each other approximately at right angles. The street car was going west on County street and the truck was going north on Washington street.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bass' Administrator v. Norfolk Railway & Light Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1901
- Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. BoltzSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- Richmond Traction Co. v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
- Portsmouth Street Railroad v. Peed's AdministratorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1904
- Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. HillSupreme Court of Virginia · 1917
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- Bassett v. WoodCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1926
- Wiseman v. RyanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1935
- Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. OliverSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
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