Johnson's Adm'r v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Albemarle county, rendered May 24, 1894, in an.action of trespass on the case wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
Wiley B. Johnson was killed on the 30th day of October, 1893, while on the track of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, by one of its freight trains, and this suit was brought by his administrator to recover damages from the railway company for the death of Johnson.
At the trial, after the evidence on both sides was closed, the defendant demurred to the evidence, and the court compelled the plaintiff against his protest to join in the demurrer. The amount' of damages was thereupon inquired of by the *173jury, which, found a verdict for the plaintiff, and assessed his damages at §2,900,…
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