Norfolk Southern R. v. Foreman
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. In Admiralty. Action by George W. Foreman, administrator of Alonzo Skinner, deceased, against the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company. Decree for libelant, and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, District Judge.
This is an appeal in admiralty from a decree of the court below in favor of the appellee for $2,400, as damages due to the children of one Alonzo Skinner for his death through the negligence of the. appellant. The appellant, the defendant below, is a domestic corporation of the state of Virginia, having its principal office in the city of Norfolk. The deceased, for whose death damages are claimed, was at the time of his death a resident of and employed in the city of Norfolk. The place where the death and the alleged act of negligence took place was in the port of…
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