Blue Ridge Light & Power Co. v. Price
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the plaintiff in error in moving its car whilst the defendant in error was attempting to board it as a passenger.
The first error assigned is to the action of the court in permitting one of the plaintiff’s witnesses to testify to a conversation he had with the defendant’s motorman in reference to the accident.
One of the material questions in the case was whether the car was standing still or moving when the plaintiff attempted to get on it. The witness, who was some twenty feet from the…
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- Luby v. . the Hudson River Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
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- Norfolk & Carolina Railroad v. Suffolk Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1896
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