Birckhead v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Culpeper county, rendered March 19, 1896, in an action of trespass on the case wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The plaintiff brought an action of trespass on the case against the defendant to recover damages for injuries to his person alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in the running of one of its trains.
The original declaration contained three counts. The defendant demurred to it, and to each count thereof. The court sustained the demurrer to the second and third counts, and overruled it as to the first. Thereupon the plaintiff, by leave of court, filed an amended declaration. To it, and to each count thereof, the defendant demurred. The demurrer was sustained, and final…
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