Carter v. Washington & Old Dominion Railway
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Fairfax county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
There have been three trials in this case. The first resulted in a judgment in favor of the petitioner, which was reversed by this court for errors in granting certain instructions requested by the plaintiff, and in amending one instruction requested by the defendant (Washington & Old Dominion Railway v. Carter, 117 Va. 424, 85 S. E. 482), and.the case was remanded to be further proceeded with in accordance with the views expressed in the opinion. On the second trial there was a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, which the trial court set aside as contrary to the law and the evidence, to…
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