Richmond Railway & Electric Co. v. Bowles
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, rendered November 21,1893, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein Regina E. Bowles, who sues by Aubrey R. Bowles, her next friend, was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of trespass on the case, brought in the Circuit Court' of the city of Richmond, by Regina Elmore Bowles, who sues by Aubrey R. Bowles, her next friend, against the Richmond Railway and Electric Company, upon the following cause of action :
The defendant was a corporation owning and operating a railway line along Clay and other streets in the city of Richmond, and the plaintiff was, on the 14th day of December, 1892, a passenger on one of its cars. Soon after taking her seat and paying her fare, the trolley-wire, used in operating…
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