Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Spears
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wythe county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries done Mrs. Spears while a passenger on a train of the Norfolk and Western Bailway Company, by a collision between the passenger train on which she was traveling and another train of the railway company.
There was a verdict and judgment in favor of Mrs. Spears for $1,500. To that judgment the railway company obtained this writ of error.
*112The first error assigned is that the plaintiff, under the allegations of her declaration, was not entitled to recover damages on account of the nervous disease which she claims resulted from her injuries,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Denver & Rio Grande Railway v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Montgomery v. Lansing City Electric Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Norfolk & Western Railroad v. H. I. ShottSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Wood v. American National BankSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
- Tyson v. BoothMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
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- Lester's v. SimpkinsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
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