Southern Railway Co. v. Stockdon
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 plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This is an action to recover damages for injuries done to the person and property of H. W. Stockdon hy one of the Southern Railway Company’s passenger trains running upon him whilst driving across the railroad tracks where its road crosses Main street in the town of Orange.
*695There was a demurrer to the declaration and to each count thereof. The court sustained the demurrer as to the first and overruled it as to the other counts.
In this ruling we see no error, as the counts which the court held to be good do not show affirmatively, as contended, that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory…
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