Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad v. Martin's Administrator
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Stafford county, rendered in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This action was brought by the defendant in error, Patrick Martin, administrator of Alice Martin, deceased, against the plaintiff in error, the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Company, to recover damages for the negligent killing of his intestate, a daughter seven years of age, by a passenger train of the defendant company at a public crossing. The mother of the child was killed in the same collision, and the action was instituted for the sole benefit of the father,' who, under the statute, is entitled to the recovery. At the trial there was a verdict for the plaintiff, upon which…
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