Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Whitehurst
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Chancery Court of city of Norfolk in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
' Whitehurst sued the Norfolk and Western Railway Company for a personal injury and recovered a judgment for $15,000.00, which the trial court refused to set aside, and to that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
[1] Whitehurst had been employed as a fireman on a yard engine of the railway company, on its yard in the city of Norfolk for about a year prior to his injury, though he had worked only “a few nights” on that part of the yard on which hé was injured. There are a number of tracks on the yard, and at the switch-point of each track connecting the siding with the lead track there is…
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