Norfolk & Western Railroad v. H. I. Shott
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pulaski county, rendered August 16, 1893, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. This was an action of trespass on the case to recover damages for a personal injury.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pulaski county, rendered August 16, 1893, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. This was an action of trespass on the case to recover damages for a personal injury. The evidence is certified, and not tlie facts, and it is apparent from the bill of exceptions that the evidence is simply that taken down by a stenographer and inserted, without change, in the bill of exceptions. In several instances questions were propounded to the witness, and objection made…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the defendant in error on the 18th of June, 1892, *44while traveling-as mail agent and postal clerk on one of the passenger trains of the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. The injuries complained of were received in a collision between a passenger train going southwest, and a train of freight cars moving northeast, which occurred near New River station, in the county of Pulaski, Va. The accident was the result of gross negligence in the conductor of the passenger train, in failing to obey an order to wait at New River…
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