Bass' Administrator v. Norfolk Railway & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Court of Law and Chancery of the city of Norfolk, rendered October 26, 1900, in an action of trespass on the ease, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant in running one of its cars at the point where Colonial avenue crosses Olney road, in the city of Norfolk.
The deceased, on the evening of his death, was a passenger on a west-bound car of the defendant company, returning to his sister’s home, on Colonial avenue, south of Olney road. The car was running on the northern track, and when it reached the eastern side of Colonial avenue it was stopped for the purpose of enabling the deceased to alight. He stepped…
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