Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Parrish
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Montgomery county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error..
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought by J. W. Parrish to recover of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company damages for an injury alleged to have been negligently inflicted by the defendant while the plaintiff was upon its premises at Christiansburg. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for $2,000 in favor of the plaintiff, to which this writ of error was awarded.
Viewed from the standpoint of a demurrer to the evidence, the salient facts are, that the plaintiff, who, at. the time of the accident was twenty years of age, was upon the defendant’s premises, in pursuance of a previous engagement to…
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