Petersburg R. R. v. Hite
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of hustings court of city of Petersburg, rendered 1st February, 1884, in an action for damages by negligent injury, wherein R. M. Hite was plaintiff, and the Peters-burg Railroad Company was defendant.
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Error to judgment of hustings court of city of Petersburg, rendered 1st February, 1884, in an action for damages by negligent injury, wherein R. M. Hite was plaintiff, and the Peters-burg Railroad Company was defendant. By noises needlessly and negligently made by the defendant’s employees in blowing off steam from the cylinder cocks, the plaintiff’s horse, which he was driving along a public street where he had a right to drive, was frightened and caused to run off, and injury was thereby inflicted on plaintiff. The jury found a verdict for plaintiff and assessed his damages at $900, and…
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
This is an action on the case for negligence. The plaintiff obtained a verdict and judgment in the court below for the sum of $900; whereupon the defendant applied for and obtained a *771writ of error and supersedes from one of the judges of this court.
The case is before us upon exceptions to the instructions given for the plaintiff; the refusal of the court to give instructions three and nine, as asked by the defendant; to the giving of the modified instruction which the court gave in lieu of said third instruction; and to the refusal of the court to grant a new trial.
As to the instructions…
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