Southern Railway Co. v. Oliver
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Danville 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 Court
Cardwell, T.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Tames Oliver, plaintiff in the court below, received injuries while in the service of the Southern Railway Company on its yards in the city1'of Danville, Virginia, and brought this action, in the Corporation Court of the said city, to recover damages therefor, and upon the trial judgment was rendered on the verdict of the jury against the defendant company for $5,000.
The circumstances under which the plaintiff was injured are as follows: There are three tracks of the defendant company *712in front of its passenger depot in the city of Danville, and…
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