Fowlkes v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond rendered November 10,1897, in an action of trespass on the case wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Mrs. Eva C. Fowlkes sued the Southern Railway Company in the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond to recover damages for injuries sustained by her in consequence, as she alleges, of the negligent act of the defendant company.
The facts upon which she relies to support her contention are as follows: On the morning of July 22, 1896, Mrs. Fowlkes, a resident of the city of Richmond, purchased of the Southern Railway Company, a ticket to Skinquarter, a station on the Farmville & Powhatan railroad, which crosses the Southern railway at Moseley…
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