Higgins v. Southern Railway Co.
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 defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
The plaintiff in this action, George W. Higgins, is the owner and occupant of a farm situated about six miles west of the town of Orange, on the line of the Southern Railway Company, and on the morning of July 3, 1911, sent his driver, one Humphrey Jones, an elderly negro man, accompanied by plaintiff’s son, George W. Higgins, Jr., a lad of seventeen years, to the home of one Harrison Johnson, to bring Johnson’s wife, plaintiff’s cook, back to plaintiff’s home. A farm wagon, drawn by two horses, was the conveyance put in use, the driver, Jones, and young Higgins occupying the front seat…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. GrubbsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
- Boyd v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1913
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Shipp's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
3Cited by9 opinions
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- Wilmouth's Adm'r v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1919
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. AbernathyCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
- Perkins v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1915
- Wilkins v. DavisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1932
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