Washington-Southern Railway Co. v. Grimes' Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Fairfax county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Whittle. P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff in error, administrator of Caroline H. .Grimes, brought this action against defendant in error, the Washington-Southern Railway Company, to recover damages for the death of his intestate alleged to be due to defendant’s negligence. Plaintiff recovered a verdict for $5,000, to the judgment upon which this writ of error was granted.
The accident happened at 4:59 p. m. on December 21, 1916, while Joseph H. Grimes and his wife, plaintiff’s intestate, were traveling east, in a Ford runabout, along the public highway where it crosses the…
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