Tiller v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

William R. Tiller, an employee of. Hardwood Products, Incorporated, was killed at St. Clair’s crossing, in Tazewell county, while riding in a railroad boxcar which was being shifted by a train crew of the Norfolk and Western Rah-way Company. In an action for wrongful death his administratrix recovered a verdict against the Railway Company. Being of opinion that the Railway Company was not legally responsible for Tiller’s death, the trial court set aside the verdict and entered a judgment for the defendant company, and to review that judgment the present writ of error has been allowed.

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