Murphy's Hotel, Inc. v. Cuddy's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Whittle, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The administrator of Clarence F. Cuddy brought this action against plaintiff in error, Murphy’s Hotel, Inc., to recover damages for the death of his intestate, alleged to have been occasioned by the wrongful act of the defendant.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $10,000, upon which the judgment under review was rendered.
Cuddy was a resident of Abingdon, Washington county, Virginia, and was deputy sheriff and jailer of that county.; he was thirty-one years of age, and a splendid -specimen of physical manhood. He came to Richmond on…
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