Gregory v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.

Frank G. Gregory brought an action in the Circuit Court of Dinwiddie county against the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, a corporation, to recover $5,000.00 damages for the destruction of his automobile truck in a collision with one of the defendant’s fast trains at Burgess station in that county on the 19th day of April, 1923. The jury that tried the case rendered a verdict for $2,500.00, which the court, upon motion of defendant, set aside, and by virtue of section 6251 Code of Virginia, 1919, entered judgment for the defendant. The case is before us for review of this action of the…