Piedmont Electric Illuminating Co. v. Patteson's Adm'x
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of the city of Lynch-burg, rendered December 30th, 1886, in an action of trespass on the case wherein Kate Patteson, as administratrix of Miles Patteson, deceased, was plaintiff, and the Piedmont Electric Illuminating Company was defendant. Verdict was for plaintiff for |3,000 damages. Defendant moved to set aside the verdict as being contrary to the evidence. The court overruled the motion.
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Error to judgment of corporation court of the city of Lynch-burg, rendered December 30th, 1886, in an action of trespass on the case wherein Kate Patteson, as administratrix of Miles Patteson, deceased, was plaintiff, and the Piedmont Electric Illuminating Company was defendant. Verdict was for plaintiff for |3,000 damages. Defendant moved to set aside the verdict as being contrary to the evidence. The court overruled the motion. The defendant excepted, and the court certified all the evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
This suit was brought for damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, Miles Patteson, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant company, on the 23d day of March, 1886, in the city of Lynchburg, Va., while the said Patteson was in the discharge of his duty as an employee of the said company. Upon the trial of the case there was no demurrer to the declaration, no objection to any portion of the evidence, nor instructions asked of the court by either side; and the jury, upon the evidence, rendered a verdict for the plaintiff for $3,000 damages, apportioned, under the…
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