Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. Harris
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court, Part II, of the city of Richmond, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Dissent
Sims-, ' J.,
dissenting:
The majority opinion holds the plaintiff in the trial court guilty of contributory negligence per se, because he crossed the street railway track in front and in full view of an approaching car without looking in the direction of the car again after he had seen it when it was about half a block away.
With the utmost deference, I must say that I think such holding ignores the rule established in Virginia by the case of Richmond Traction Co. v. Clarke, 101 Va. 382, 43 S. E. *661618, distinguishing street railway from steam railroad cases, in which, per opinion of Judge…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. BoltzSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- Richmond Traction Co. v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
- Norfolk & Portsmouth Traction Co. v. Forrest's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1909
- State v. ShourSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Springs v. Virginia Railway & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1915
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