Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Phillips' Administratix
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Carroll county, rendered May 5, 1900, 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 CourtCardwell, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment in action of trespass on the case, brought in the Circuit Court of Carroll county by the administrator of Andrew S. Phillips, deceased, against the Norfolk and '"Western Railway Company, to recover damages for the death of his intestate, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant company.
There is practically no conflict in the evidence, and it proves the following state of facts:
“Betty Baker,” about twenty-five miles from Pulaski, is a *364small station in Carroll county, on a branch road of the defendant company (plaintiff in error…
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