Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Mathews
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Mrs. Mathews accompanied a friend, who was to take passage on a train of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, to the station, and her companion having boarded the train Mrs. Mathews walked from the railroad station along the platform and attempted to cross the railroad track at a passageway. . She claims that, the night being dark and no sufficient light being provided, her left foot *175went into a hole in the crossing and caused her to fall, and her foot and ankle were very seriously injured. For these injuries she brought suit, and recovered a verdict…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City of Richmond v. LambertSupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
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- Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. BurtonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931
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