Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Pierce
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Alleghany county, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
George A. Pierce, the plaintiff in the court below, was em*100ployed by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company as a car inspector at Clifton Forge, and, while so engaged, was run upon and injured by a switch engine.
Upon the first trial there was a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, which the court set aside upon motion of the defendant company. At the next trial, the defendant company demurred to the evidence, which was the same as on the former trial. The court, a different judge presiding, overruled the demurrer and rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the damages found by the jury in…
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- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Sparrow's Admr.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- Bass' Administrator v. Norfolk Railway & Light Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1901
- Atlantic & Danville Railway Co. v. LyonsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
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