Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Shipp's Administratrix
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
John A. Shipp’s administratrix brought this action in the Circuit Court of Augusta county to recover damages for the death of her intestate, which she alleges v-as occasioned by the negligence of the railway company. The defendant demurred to the evidence, the jury ascertained the damages to be $4,500, and the circuit court gave judgment for that amount.
The evidence on behalf of the plaintiff proves or tends to prove, the following facts: That on the morning of the accident Shipp was a traclc-walker employed on the yards of the Chesapeake and Ohio…
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- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Crowe's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
- Carrington v. Ficklin's ex'orSupreme Court of Virginia · 1880
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