Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Smith
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment rendered by the Circuit Court of Eluvanna county, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
O. M. Smith instituted this action against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, to recover damages for injuries received by him, resulting from the alleged negligence of the railway company.
Upon the trial of the cause, there was a judgment in his favor, and to that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
The first error assigned in the petition is to the action of the Circuit Court in overruling the demurrer to the declaration and to each count therteof. This assignment of error was abandoned in the oral argument, and properly so, as each count sets out a good cause of action.
The second…
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