Norfolk Southern Railroad v. White's Admx.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk 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.
This action was brought by the administratrix of Hiram White to recover from the defendant, the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, damages for his death, which it is *343alleged was caused by the negligence of the defendant company. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff which we are asked to review upon several assignments of error, all of which we think are plainly without merit and need not be further discussed, except the fourth, which is to the overruling of the defendant’s motion for a new trial, and to the refusal of the court to set…
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