Legal Opinion
Seaboard Air Line Railroad v. Crowder
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 27, 1950No. Record 3686PublishedCited by 13 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, J.
This is an action brought by the administrator of A. B. Crowder, deceased, against the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of the plaintiff’s intestate, who while an occupant of an automobile was struck and killed by a train operated by the Railroad Company at a highway crossing in the town of McKenney, in Dinwiddie county, Virginia. The Railroad Company challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a verdict and judgment of $4,000 which were rendered against it. We shall refer to the parties as they appeared in the court below.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. HeathSupreme Court of Virginia · 1904
- Southern Railway Co. v. Hansbrough's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. MeyerCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1928
- C. D. Kenny Co. v. DennisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937
- Morgan v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Martin v. SweeneyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1955
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. HanesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1955
- Kennedy v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1953
- Geraldine Gilbert Dean, Administratrix of the Estate of Oscar Lee Dean, Deceased v. Southern Railway Company and Anthony RainesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. SykesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1959
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