Balt. & Ohio R. R. v. Noell's adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
This case was heard at Staunton, but was decided in Richmond. It was an action of trespass on the case by Charles L. Noell’s administrator against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, lessees of the Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railroad Company from the town of Strasburg, in Shenandoah county, to Harrisonburg, in Rockingham county, to recover damages for the death of said Noell upon the said railroad in the county of Shenandoah.
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This case was heard at Staunton, but was decided in Richmond. It was an action of trespass on the case by Charles L. Noell’s administrator against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, lessees of the Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railroad Company from the town of Strasburg, in Shenandoah county, to Harrisonburg, in Rockingham county, to recover damages for the death of said Noell upon the said railroad in the county of Shenandoah. On the trial of the cause there was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $4,925; and the defendant obtained a…
1Opinion of the CourtChristian, J.
This is a writ of error to a j udgment of the circuit court of Shenandoah county.
The action was brought by the personal representative of Charles L. Noell, who was killed on the cars of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, at “Narrow Passage” bridge, in the county of Shenandoah. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for the sum *397of $4,925, with interest, from the date of the verdict, April 30th, 1878; and to this judgment a writ of error was awarded by one of the judges of this court.
Several specific grounds of error are alleged in the petition'and relied upon in argument at…
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