Pennsylvania Railroad v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court, Part II, of city of Richmond, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
This case is before this court for the second time. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. Jenkins, 119 Va. 186, 89 S. E. 96. The opinion announced the well established doctrines, that the plaintiff, Jenkins, who was in charge of a dead engine composing part of a freight train, even though he was a passenger, was not relieved from the obligation to use ordinary care for his own safety, and that if his own negligence proximately contributed to his injury there could be no recovery. It was further determined - that it was clear from the physical facts shown by the record that if the plaintiff had looked…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Steinman v. Clinchfield Coal Corp.Court of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. StricklerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
- Virginia & Southwestern Railway Co. v. SkinnerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1916
- Southern Railway Co. v. MasonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1916
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1916
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- Gunter's Adm'r v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1920