Legal Opinion
Virginian Railway Co. v. Farr
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 20, 1927PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWest, J.
Helen B. Parr was injured when the automobile in which she was riding ran over the edge of a cut near the end of an overhead bridge, and fell a distance of twenty-two feet upon the tracks of the Virginian Railway Company. She recovered a judgment against the company for $10,000, to which this writ of error was allowed.
When the Virginian railroad was constructed through Lunenburg county in 1906, the Tidewater Railway Company, predecessor of the Virginian Railway Company, in order to avoid a grade crossing, secured permission from the board of supervisors of the county to make a change in the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- State ex rel. City of Minneapolis v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Director General v. Pence's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
- Appalachian Power Co. v. HaleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
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3Cited by21 opinions
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