Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Heath
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Albemarle county 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 CourtHarrison, J.
The defendant in error, Thomas S. Heath, instituted this action to recover of the plaintiff in error damages for the alleged negligent burning of his flour mill, while operating and running certain engines and cars on its right of way through the town of Scottsville.
The mill was found to be on fire about ten o’clock on the night of Hovember 8, 1901. It had been closed that evening at six o’clock. Between the hours of 4:30 P. M. of that afternoon and Y :50 P. M., several trains passed the mill, the last arriving at Y :30, and leaving at Y :50 P. M. The mill in question was situated in the town…
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