Shumaker's Administratrix v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of city of Richmond in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
The plaintiff sued to recover damages for the death of her intestate, occasioned, as she claims, by the wrongful act or neglect of the defendant. The defendant demurred to the evidence, and the trial court sustained the demurrer and *396gave judgment for the defendant. To that judgment, this writ of error was awarded.
The declaration alleges that the defendant was engaged in interstate and intrastate commerce, but it is not clear from the declaration as to whether or not the plaintiff's' intestate was engaged in the one or the other at the time of the injury which resulted in his death. At the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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