Director General of Railroads v. Hubbard's
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Alleghany county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.'
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
This is an action against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and the Director General of Railroads to re*195cover damages for the death of the plaintiff's intestate, who was killed by a passenger train on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway on March 31, 1919, while that company was under the control of the federal government and operated by the Director General of Railroads. After the evidence was all in, the defendants demurred thereto and the trial court overruled the demurrer and entered judgment against both defendants for the sum of $8,000, the amount of the damages assessed by the jury in…
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- Brammer's Administrator v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- O'Brien v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
- Imler v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1916
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. ArringtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
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