Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. Davidson's Administrator
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 the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate, a little boy five years of age, was killed by a street car owned and operated by the Virginia Railway and Power Company. In an action against the company, charging that his death was due to the defendant’s negligence, there was a judgment for the plaintiff, which is before us upon a writ of error.
There were eight assignments of error. The first three related to the giving or refusing of instructions to the jury, and may be disposed of without any extended discussion, except as to instruction No. 3 given for the plaintiff, and an unnumbered instruction asked for by…
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