Legal Opinion

Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. Boltz

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 21, 1918PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court, Part II, of city of Richmond, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.

1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.

Mrs. Anna Boltz was struck and injured by a street car owned and operated by the Virginia Railway and Power Company. In an action against the company to recover damages for the injury, there was a verdict in her favor, upon which the court rendered the judgment.under review. We will refer to the parties hereafter as plaintiff and defendant, in accordance with their respective positions in the lower court.

The accident occurred on Eighteenth street, north of Franklin, in the city of Richmond. Franklin street runs east and west, and Eighteenth street runs north and south. The defendant company…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Fenton v. . Second Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  2. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. StricklerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
  3. Bass' Administrator v. Norfolk Railway & Light Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1901
  4. Thompson v. Buffalo Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1895
  5. Richmond Traction Co. v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Green v. RuffinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
  2. Meade v. SaundersCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1928
  3. Stephen Putney Shoe Co. v. Ormsby's AdministratorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
  4. Washington & Old Dominion Railway v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
  5. Core v. WilhelmSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919

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