Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Wood
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, rendered May 17, 1900, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. Verdict for $2,000.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The declaration sets out at great length that it was the duty of the defendant company to keep its road-bed, switches and connected appliances in proper condition for running its trains; to provide and use proper and safe brakes, couplers and machinery therefor; to properly inspect the same; to employ competent servants to manage its trains, and to run them at a safe and proper rate of speed, so as to avoid injuring persons in and upon the station property and station platform at Basic City, especially the plaintiff, who was standing on the platform of the freight depot at that point in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Blankenship v. Chesapeake & O. R. Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Burke v. ShaverSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Holland v. SparksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
- Nichols' Adm'r v. W. O. & W. R. R.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1887
- Norfolk & Western R. v. Dunnaway's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Hortenstein v. Virginia-Carolina Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1904
- Pettyjohn & Sons v. BashamSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
- Morris v. Dame'sSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
- Arkansas & Louisiana Railway Co. v. SainSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
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