Myers & Axtell v. Trice
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Goochland county rendered March 12, 1888, wherein E. F. Trice was plaintiff, and the plaintiffs in error (Lawrence Myers and Decatur Axtell, receivers of the Richmond & Alleghany railroad company), were defendants. The object of the suit was to' recover damages for injuries received by plaintiff whilst in the defendant’s employment.
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
*836The plaintiff’s declaration contains two counts. The first count charges, that on the 8th 'day of October, 1887, the defendants were engaged in removing the dam across James river at Maiden’s Adventure, in the county of Goochland and employed the plaintiff as a laborer on said work, and that the defendants caused the plaintiff to get into a boat, and negligently propelled the boat so near a sluice that it became unmanageable, and was dashed through the sluice with such violence that the plaintiff, without fault on his part, was thrown down and one of his arms hurt, whereby he suffered great…
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