Norfork & Western Railway Co. v. Stevens' Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Roanoke, rendered March. 31, 1899, 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
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff in error, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, entered into a contract with the Phoenix Bridge Company, by which the latter undertook to put in a new bridge in the place of an old one over South river, a tributary of North river, in the county of Rockbridge, Virginia. The substitution of a new bridge for an old one, without interrupting the traffic upon the road, must be done with caution, and by skillful and capable mechanics, but when reasonable care is exercised it appears from *633the proof not to be attended with any particular danger,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bertha Zinc Co. v. Martin's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Bibb's Adm'r v. N. & W. R. R.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1891
- Fowlkes v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1899
- Norfolk & Western Railroad v. Nuckol's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Norfolk & Western Railroad v. Houchins' Adm' rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
3Cited by20 opinions
- Farish & Co. v. ReigleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1854
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
- Walton, Witten & Graham v. Miller's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1909
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Tredway's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1917
- Chafin v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
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