Hargrave's Administrator v. Shaw Land & Timber Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Southampton county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate was run over and killed by a locomotive of the defendant company, which was operating a narrow gauge logging rail, or tramroad. This action was brought to recover damages therefor.
The only ground of alleged negligence which the proof tends to sustain is that the defendant company, on the night *86of .the accident, was operating its locomotive without a headlight.
It appears from the record, considered as on a demurrer to the evidence, that the defendant company operated a sawmill plant in Southampton county where it owned certain timber which it was converting into…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Taylor v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
- Clark v. FehlhaberSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
3Cited by10 opinions
- W. S. Forbes & Co. v. Southern Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1921
- Pannill v. Roanoke Times Co.District Court, W.D. Virginia · 1918
- Smith v. Sunday Creek Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- Small v. Virginia Railway & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1919
- Atkinson v. NeblettSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
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