R. & D. R. R. v. Burnett
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Fairfax county, rendered June 11th, 1890, in an action of trespass on the case for an alleged negligent injury, wherein Richard C. Burnett was plaintiff, and plaintiff in error, the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, was defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
The facts, as they appear by the record, are as follows: The plaintiff, Richard 0. Burnett, was a brakeman employed by the defendants, the said railroad companies, at their station at Alexandria, in shifting -cars and making up trains. At that point numerous cars were received from the Forth for shipment southward. An arrangement called u a valley ” was attached to the yard for the purpose of transferring these cars to the road of the defendants. For this purpose said defendants employed inspectors, brakemen and other agents. The plaintiff was one of these, aud was, at the time of receiving…
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