Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Witt
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Tazewell county in an action of trespass on the ease. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged by the plaintiff to have been sustained by him as a *118result of the negligence of the defendant railway company. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, which this writ of error brings under review.
In the view we take of .the ease it is only necessary to consider the last assignment of error which calls in question the action of the circuit court in refusing to set aside the verdict of the jury as contrary to the law and the evidence.
The record shows that two crews of section hands, near Maxwell station…
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