Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Jennings
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Eluvanna county, rendered September 24, 1898, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This is an action of trespass on the case, brought by Felix H. Jennings against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been sustained by him in consequence of the negligence of the defendant in keeping in repair a certain bridge. The verdict and judgment in the court below was against the defendant, for $550 damages, and the case is before us upon a writ of error.
The declaration contains three counts. The first alleges that the defendant owned a strip of land along James river, in the county of Eluvanna, called its right of way, and that, at a…
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