Legal Opinion

Richmond Passenger & Power Co. v. Steger

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 12, 1903PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, rendered March 26, 1902, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.

1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.

R. H. Steger instituted his action of trespass on the case to recover damages for injuries done him by the Richmond Passenger and Power Company, a corporation operating a streetcar line in the city of Richmond. The plaintiff’s injuries were caused, it is alleged, by the negligent running of one of the defendant’s cars upon him whilst crossing its track at the intersection of Third and Broad streets in that city. The trial of the cause resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.

Two errors are assigned-—one to the action of the court in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Richmond Railway & Electric Co. v. GarthrightSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
  2. Virginia & North Carolina Wheel Co. v. ChalkleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
  3. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. MannSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901
  4. Wright v. Independence National BankSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Green v. RuffinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
  2. Southern Railway Co. v. BaileySupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
  3. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. WhitlowSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
  4. Hanger v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
  5. Richmond Passenger & Power Co. v. GordonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1904

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