Lane Bros. v. Barnard's Administrator
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Lynchburg in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendants assign error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This writ of error brings under review a verdict and judgment in the Corporation Court of the city of Lynchburg for $1,500, in an action brought by James S. Barnard's administrator against Lane Brothers Company for the recovery of damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, caused, it is alleged, by the negligence of the defendant.
The substance of the charge of negligence made in the declaration is that the automatic safety valve on defendant’s steam engine, at a point where defendant, on the Boonesboro road, in the county of Campbell, near the city of Lynchburg, had placed certain road…
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