Tugman v. Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
In 1923, Louise Tugman, an infant, suing by her mother as her next friend, instituted this proceeding by motion for a judgment against Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills, Inc., seeking to recover $75,000 damages for an injury inflicted upon her in April, 1913, through the alleged negligence of the defendants. There was a verdict in her favor for $12,000, which the trial court set aside and entered judgment for the defendant. This action of the trial court is assigned as error.
The defendant owned and operated a large cotton mill in Schoolfield, a village just outside of the city of Danville,…
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