Southern Railway Co. v. Bailey
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Orange county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
A jury found a verdict for the plaintiff upon the defendant’s demurrer to the evidence, and the case is before us upon a writ of error.
*835Bailey, the plaintiff in the circuit court, was engaged as a drayman in carrying baggage and merchandise of various kinds from and to the station and trains of the Southern Railway, in the town of Orange. There are two tracks upon the Southern road at this point, a track upon which the trains move from the north to the south, known as the southbound track, and a track upon which trains move from the south to the…
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- Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad v. Joyner's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Smith v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
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