Templeton's Administrator v. Lynchburg Traction & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Lynch-burg in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
*854This action was brought by the administrator of Charles B.. • Templeton to recover of the Lynchburg Traction and Light Company damages for its alleged negligence in causing the death, of the plaintiff’s intestate. There was a demurrer to the plaintiff’s evidence, which was sustained, and judgment given for the defendant. This judgment we are asked to review and reverse.
Upon consideration of the evidence it is difficult to see wherein the defendant company has been guilty of any negligence that was proximately the cause of the injury which resulted in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate.…
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