Taylor v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge county in an action of trespass on the ease. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
The plaintiff gives substantially the following version of the happening of the accident which caused the injury for which he demands damages: As he,was passing a freight train of the defendant in error, unloading freight from a siding into its wareroom at East Lexington, the conductor called out to him: “Jump up here, Bill, and help me check this out. I am late, and my men are out of place.” He complied with the request, and in pushing a truck across the gang plank from the door of the wareroom to the door of the car for the first load, the gang plank tilted, precipitating him to the ground,…
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