Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Perdue
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Chancery Court of the city of Roanoke, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
William H. Perdue instituted this action of trespass on the case against the Norfolk and Western Railway Company and Richard A. Horgan. The declaration, as originally filed, contains three counts, and charges that in September, 1912, the plaintiff had purchased a ticket entitling him to ride on the train run by the defendant railway company from Roanoke to Boone’s Mill; that it thereupon became the duty of the defendant company to receive the plaintiff in its station and treat him courteously, respectfully and with consideration; that disregarding…
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