Portsmouth Street Railroad v. Peed's Administrator
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Portsmouth in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
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Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Portsmouth in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. After the evidence was all in, the court gave the following instructions at the instance of the plaintiff: “Plaintiff’s Instruction Ho. 1.” “The court instructs the jury, that if they believe from the evidence that the defendant, on or about the 3rd day of March, 1899, owned and operated a certain street railway, and ran and operated its cars by means of electricity over certain streets in the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
On the afternoon of March 3, 1899, plaintiff’s intestate, Leroy L. Peed, while attempting to cross Crawford street at or near its intersection with Columbia street, in the city of Portsmouth, was struck by a passing car of the defendant company, receiving injuries from which he died. Thereupon the defendant in error instituted this action against the plaintiff in error to recover damages for the alleged negligent killing of his intestate, which resulted in the judgment now under review.
The declaration contains two counts. The first count alleges that the accident was due to the negligence of…
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