Hendry v. Virginia Railway & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk, in an action of trespass on the case. Plaintiff assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
In this case there was a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in error, which the trial court set aside upon the ground-that it was contrary to the evidence or without evidence to support it, and thereupon, by authority of Code 1919, section 6251, entered judgment in favor of the defendant, and this action is assigned as error.
[1] The controlling facts are few and may be thus stated: The plaintiff, a man fifty-five years old, in full possession of all his faculties, undertook to cross Main street in the daytime, at a point between East and Chapel street crossings, Norfolk, and was struck and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Manos v. Detroit United RailwayMichigan Supreme Court · 1911
- Gunter's Adm'r v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1920
- Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. BoltzSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- Holian v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Real Estate Trust & Insurance v. Gwyn's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Green v. RuffinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
- Meade v. SaundersCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1928
- Hawkins v. BeechamSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937
- Frazier v. StoutSupreme Court of Virginia · 1935
- Gordon v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1928
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