Washington-Virginia Railway Co. v. Bouknight
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Alexandria county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
The Washington-Virginia Railway Company owns and operates a line of electric cars from Washington, D. C., to certain terminal points in the State of Virginia, and this action was instituted by the plaintiff in the court below, defendant in error here, against *698the said railway company to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendant company. To' the final judgment of the circuit court, in favor of the plaintiff, for $7,500 and costs, the defendant company brings error.
Seventeen bills of exceptions have been taken and made parts of the…
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