Legal Opinion
Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Denny's Administrator
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 17, 1907PublishedCited by 20 opinions
Error .to judgments of the Corporation Court of the city of Boanoke in actions of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff in each case. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The intestates of plaintiffs were engaged in construction work upon the line of the Rorfolk and AYestern railway in AYest Virginia, and these actions are brought to recover damages for negligence on the part of the railway company causing their death.
The declaration contains three counts, in each of which the AYest Virginia statute is set out at large:
“AYhenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Dennick v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Hortenstein v. Virginia-Carolina Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1904
- Southern Railway Co. v. Bryant's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Nelson v. Chesapeake & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1892
- Whiting v. Town of West PointSupreme Court of Virginia · 1892
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Babcock & Wilcox Co. v. Areva NP, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2016
- Gosliner v. BrionesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1921
- Sheila Ilina Boland, Etc. v. J. Spencer LoveCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Corbin's Adm'r.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1909
- Blagg v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
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