Lane Bros. & Co. v. Bott
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Shenandoah county, in an action of trespass on the case, overruling defendants’ demurrer to the evidence. Defendants assign error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This is a personal injury case in which judgment was rendered on behalf of the defendant in error (the plaintiff in the trial court) upon a demurrer to the evidence. It is a companion case to that of Lane Bros. & Co. v. Bauserman, 103 Va. 146, 48 S. E. 857; and as both cases had their origin in a common accident, reference may be had to the opinion in the latter for a concise statement of the facts in the former case.
The Bauserman case was submitted to a jury, and from an adverse verdict and judgment Lane Bros. & Co. obtained a writ of error to this court. The case was affirmed in all…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Taylor v. Baltimore & O. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
- Lane Bros. & Co. v. BausermanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1904
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. BriggsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1904
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- Milton's Administratrix v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1908
- Wood v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
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