Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Abernathy
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Brunswick county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
C. P. Abernathy was seriously injured by the collision of a Ford runabout automobile, driven by himself, with four cars which were coupled together but detached from the engine of the Seaboard Air Line Railway (hereinafter called the Company) while he was attempting to cross the track at Alberta which connects the main lines of the Virginian Railway and the Seaboard, which intersect there.
He recovered a judgment in the trial court, and the company is here complaining.
The pertinent facts are these: For the purpose of transferring cars between the two lines of railway at Alberta there is a…
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