Brammer's Administrator v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Henry county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The accident by which plaintiff’s intestate, M. L. Brammer, came to his death occurred upon the track of the Norfolk & Western railroad, at the crossing of a public road, a few miles west of Martinsville. Near the crossing is a small bluff, on the right-hand of a traveller approaching the railroad from Smith’s river. Eor a short distance this bluff cuts off a view of the railroad from a person going in the direction of Martinsville, and an engine coming from Martinsville is not visible to a person standing on the crossing, until it comes out of a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Washington Southern Railway Co. v. LaceySupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Johnson's Adm'r v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad v. Joyner's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Rodgers' AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. WoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Corbin's Adm'r.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1909
- Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. DecaturSupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
- Brammer's Administrator v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1907
- Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. GrahamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Smith's Administrator v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1908
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