Hancock v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

This was an action at law brought in the Circuit Court of Appomattox county for damages for personal injuries as a result of the car in which plaintiff was riding being in collision with defendant’s train. At the trial, defendant demurred to the evidence which the court sustained, and entered judgment for the railway company. Plaintiff brings error.

The parties in this court occupy the same positions *832as in the court below and will be referred.to as they appeared there.

Plaintiff was injured on July 11, 1925, at a highway crossing in the corporate limits of the town of Pamplin, when the open…