Johnson v. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad

This was an action for damages to the infant plaintiff for injuries sustained in a collision between the automobile in which plaintiff was riding and the train of the defendant in the town of Ashland, Virginia. The court set aside the verdict of the jury, which was for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,500.00, and dismissed the action at the plaintiff’s costs. The facts are clearly stated by the court in its opinion, made a part of the record, and we quote them in full:

“This was an action brought in this court by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been…