Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Corbin's Adm'r.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Alleghany county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This action was brought by the administrator to recover damages of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company for the alleged negligent killing of his intestate, W. W. Corbin.
The writ of error brings under review a judgment for the plaintiff on a demurrer to the evidence.
*702The accident occurred in the daytime, within the yard limits, in the town of Covington. The railroad, at that point is double-tracked, and runs nearly east and west; east-bound trains run on the southern track, and west-bound trains on the northern track.
For a year prior to his death, Corbin had been working as a laborer in…
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- Blankenship v. Chesapeake & O. R. Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Bass' Administrator v. Norfolk Railway & Light Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1901
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