Mason v. Post
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Elizabeth City -county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendants assign error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
*495In this action, which was brought to recover damages for personal injuries, plaintiffs in error complain of the action of the trial court in overruling their demurrer to the evidence and rendering judgment against them for the damages assessed by the jury.
Por brevity the defendant in error will be hereafter referred to as the plaintiff and the plaintiffs in error as the receivers.
Most of the argument has been addressed to the point whether a street railway comes within the influence of an act of the General Assembly, approved March 27, 1902 (Acts 1901-’02, p. 335), and of section 162 of the…
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