Gunter's Adm'r v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
This is an action to recover for the death of Lena W. Gunter. After all the evidence had been introduced, the defendant demurred to the evidence, and the court sustained the demurrer and entered judgment for the defendant. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
Viewed from the standpoint of the demurrer to the evidence the case was as follows: On the 16th day of August, 1916, between nine and ten o’clock p. m., Lena W. Gunter, a young white woman, twenty-two years of age, was killed on the track of the Southern Railway Company at School-*570field, Pittsylvania county, Virginia, by a…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Raines v. Chesapeake & O. R'y Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
- Johnson's Adm'r v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad v. Joyner's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
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