Pennsylvania Railroad v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court, Part II, of the city of Richmond, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. *
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
*187In an action for personal injuries there was a verdict for the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error for $15,000, upon which the judgment under review was rendered.
There are a number of assignments of error, but in the view that we take of the case it will only be necessary to notice the first—that the trial court erred in overruling the defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict as contrary to the law and the evidence.
Jenkins, the plaintiff below, was an employee of the Richmond branch of the American Locomotive Works, and was directed to accompany two “dead” locomotives (new…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. BaileySupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. StricklerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
- Pendleton's Administrator v. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
3Cited by6 opinions
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. BarlowSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. HardySupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
- Noland v. FowlerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1942
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1917
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
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