N. Y., P. & N. R. R. v. Cooper
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Norfolk county, rendered December 22d, 1887, in an action wberein Fanny L. Cooper’s administrator was plaintiff, and the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad company and others were defendants. The verdict and judgment being for the plaintiff, the said railroad company brought the case here upon writ of error and supersedeas. Opinion states the case.
1Dissent
Lewis, P.,
dissenting, said:
I dissent from the opinion of the court in this case. The record, in my opinion, discloses several errors for which the judgment should be reversed, but as the order to be entered here will be final, and there will be no further trial of the case, I will call attention to only one or two of them.
It was palpable error, I think, to instruct the jury, as the circuit court did, against the objection of the appellant, that they must find for the plaintiff if they believed from the evidence that the collision and consequent death of the plaintiff’s intestate was caused by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Little v. HackettSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Dun v. Seaboard & Roanoke RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1884
- Norfolk & Western Railroad v. BurgeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
- New York, Phila. & Norfolk R. R. v. Kellam's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
- Shenandoah Valley Railroad v. MooseSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
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