Cheasapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Wills
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Orange county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant in error brought suit against the plaintiff in error to recover for an injury sustained in alighting from one of its trains. There was a demurrer to the declaration and to each of its three counts, which the court overruled, and upon a trial before a jury there was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, to which a writ of error was awarded.
The only error assigned which we shall find it necessary to consider is to the ruling of the court upon the demurrer to the declaration.
The first declaration filed was demurred to,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Scheffer v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Fowlkes v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1899
- Jammison v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1895
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