Washabaugh v. Northern Virginia Construction Co.

The administrator of- David G. Washabaugh seeks by this writ of error to reverse the judgment of the trial court sustaining the demurrer of the Northern Virginia Construction Company, the defendant, to his notice of motion in which he demands compensation for the wrongful death of his decedent.

The material facts alleged are that the defendant is engaged in quarrying rock and gravel on its land in Fair-fax county. In the conduct of this enterprise defendant has opened and continues to keep open a large pit from which rock and gravel have been removed. Around the pit the land gradually slopes…