Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Carnahan
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Hanover county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCaedwell, J.
This action was brought by the defendant in error, Asa P. Carnahan, against the plaintiff in error, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries imputed to the negligence of the defendant. At the trial there was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $25,000 damages, and to that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
The plaintiff was, and had been for some years prior to his injury, an employee' of the defendant as fireman on both freight and passenger trains, and on the date of his injury, March 7, 1913, was in the line of his duty on one of defend*48…
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