Norfolk & Portsmouth Traction Co. v. Daily's Administrator
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Norfolk county-in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
Bttfus Daily, as administrator of Mary Elizabeth Daily, brought this action and recovered a judgment against- the Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company for the sum of $5,000, as damages awarded by the jury for the death, of plaintiff’s intestate, caused, it is alleged, by the negligence of the defendant.
The defendant operates a° line of street railway running from Berkley ward, in the citv of Norfolk, to Money Point, in Norfolk county, Virginia. The plaintiff, on the day of the injury to his decedent, who ivas also his daughter, was the owner of a- certain small frame house, used as a cook…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Titus v. Bradford etc. R., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, McKean County1890
- Bertha Zinc Co. v. Martin's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Lynchburg Telephone Co. v. BookerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- Norfolk & Portsmouth Traction Co. v. Ellington's AdministratorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
- Norfolk Railway & Light Co. v. SpratleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
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- Henshaw v. BelyeaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1934
- Valz v. GoodykoontzSupreme Court of Virginia · 1911
- Lane Bros. v. Barnard's AdministratorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1911
- Roberts v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Virginia · 1928
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