Goodman v. R. & D. Railroad
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of the city of Richmond, rendered December 20th, 1883, in an action of trespass on the case wherein T. A. Goodman is plaintiff and the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company is defendant.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of the city of Richmond, rendered December 20th, 1883, in an action of trespass on the case wherein T. A. Goodman is plaintiff and the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company is defendant. The object of the action was to recover damages for an injury caused to plaintiff by means of a fall which was caused by reason of a defective ladder on the freight car next to the caboose car of defendant company’s train whereon the plaintiff was engaged in the discharge of his duties as conductor at the time of the accident. The jury found for the plaintiff, and assessed…
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the city of Richmond, rendered at its December term, 1883, in a suit at law therein depending, in which the appellant, T. A. Goodman, is plaintiff, and the Richmond & Danville R. R. Co. is defendant.
The plaintiff in error, T. A. Goodman, had been a freight train conductor on the road of the defendant for more than a year (with a well-attested and admitted experience and qualifications as such), when, on the 16th of April, 1883, a freight train of loaded cars was put in his charge, about 3:30 P. M., at North Danville by the…
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