Danville & Western R. R. v. Brown
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Henry county, rendered October 15, 1891, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein H. T. Brown was plaintiff and the Danville and Western Bailroad Company was defendant. Verdict and judgment being for plaintiff, defendant brought the case here on error and supersedeas. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
This was an action of tort brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff' at the depot of the defendant company, at Martinsville, Va., where he had gone for the purpose of looking for some freight, for which hé had received a bill of lading from New York.
At the trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $7,500, and the company applied for and obtained a writ of error from one of the judges of this court.
The first and chief cause of complaint is, that the circuit court refused to quash all the processes and to remand the case to rules. It…
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