Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Hall's Administrator
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a .judgment of the Circuit Court of Hanover county • in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The administrator of Laura Alice Hall, deceased, brings this suit to recover of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company damages for its alleged negligent killing of the plaintiff’s intestate at a public crossing at Reaver Dam, a station in the county of Hanover.
The case has been twice tried, the first trial resulting in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, which verdict, on motion of the defendant company, was set aside. Hpon the second trial, the same evidence as that taken on the first trial was introduced, to which the defendant demurred. The court overruled the demurrer to the evidence,…
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