Gimbert v. Norfolk Southern Railroad

In 1916, R. M. Gimbert, then an infant, about nine years old, instituted by J. H. Gimbert, his next friend, *686an action against the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company in the Circuit Court of Princess Anne county, to recover damages for the loss of a leg which he alleged was caused by the railroad. company in negligently backing its train without any warning into a certain car containing gravel and pebbles.

''The specific ground of negligence as set out in the declaration, which consisted of two counts, avers that “in and near said village of Kempsville, the said defendant did and does still…