Houston's Adm'x v. Seaboard Air Line Railway
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Norfolk county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
This is an action under the federal employers’ liability act (act April 22, 1908, chapter 149, 35 Stat. 65 [U. S. Comp. St. 1916, sections 8657-8665]) to recover for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate caused by the alleged negligence. of the defendant. The negligence ■ charged was the failure of the defendant to use ordinary care to provide a reasonably safe place in which the plaintiff’s intestate was to work. There have been three trials of the case. On the first trial, there was a verdict for the plaintiff for $5,000, which the trial court set aside because it had admitted immaterial…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway Co. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Jacobs v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. JonesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Sparrow's Admr.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. KemperIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
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