Norfolk & Western Railroad v. Dougherty
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Norfolk, rendered January 27, 1893, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein Ella F. Dougherty and Charles E. Dougherty, her husband, were the plaintiffs, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action is brought by Charles E. Dougherty and Ella F. *373Dougherty, his wife, the husband suing in the right of his wife, against the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, to'recover damages for injuries sustained by the fern ale.plaintiff, in a collision with the defendant company’s engine and cars, while driving^ in her buggy on a highway across the company’s railroad at a public crossing near Norfolk.
The declaration alleges that the horse and buggy were destroyed ; that the female plaintiff received serious personal injuries, and sustained great loss by being prevented for some time…
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