Legal Opinion
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Hanes
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 7, 1955No. Record 4322PublishedCited by 13 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, J.
On December 1, 1952, at about 8:40 a. m., Malrie Virginia Wright Hanes, while driving her automobile southeastwardly along State Highway No. 652 and across the main track of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company in Hanover county, Virginia, was instantly killed when her car was struck by the Diesel engine of an eastbound passenger train. In an action for wrongful death the administrator of her estate has recovered a verdict and judgment of $15,000 against the Railway Company which are before us for review. The only assignments of error we need consider challenge the sufficiency of the…
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- Taylor v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1942
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