Southern Railway Co. v. Simmons
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Brunswick county, in an action of case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*653There was a judgment against the Southern Railway Company at the suit of Simmons for injuries which he had sustained while acting as a brakeman in the service of the railway company and engaged in coupling cars at Lawrenceville. To that judgment the railway company obtained a writ of error.
The railway company demurred to the declaration and to each count, and its first assignment of error is to the judgment of the Circuit Court in overruling its demurrer.
The objection made to the first count is that it not only charges negligence on the part of the…
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