Davidson v. Washington & Old Dominion Railway
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Alexandria County in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, Miss Harriet W. Davidson, while in the act of alighting from one of the electric cars of the defendant, Washington and Old Dominion Railway. There was a demurrer to the evidence, upon which the trial court rendered a judgment for the defendant, and thereupon the plaintiff brought the cause here upon a writ of error.
Without any analysis of the declaration, it is sufficient to say that the theory relied upon by the plaintiff and combated by the defendant at the…
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