Norfolk & Western Railroad v. Ward
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Carroll county, rendered at its November term, 1892, in an action of trespass on the case wherein C. C. Ward was plaintiff and the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, the plaintiff in error, was defendant. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtFajjNtleroy, J.
This suit is for damages for an injury received by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant company grading the track of its road.
After all the evidence had been introduced the court gave four instructions asked for by the plaintiff, which were excepted to by the defendant, and gave six instructions asked for by the defendant, which were excepted to by the plaintiff. The jury found for the plaintiff, and assessed $1,100 damages.
The defendant moved to set aside the verdict, and for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict is contrary to the evidence and law of the case, which…
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