Bowles' Administrator v. Virginia Soapstone Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
■Error to a judgment of tire Circuit Court of Nelson county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Nathaniel Bowles came to his death by a fall of stone in the Virginia Soapstone quarry, his administrator brought suit to recover damages, and the jury rendered a verdict in his favor for $6,000, subject to the judgment of the court upon the defendant’s demurrer to the evidence. The court rendered judgment for the defendant, and the case is now before us upon a writ of error.
*693The declaration contains two counts, the first of which states that the defendant was in the possession and operation of a quarry, which it had sunk to a depth of two hundred…
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