Washington Southern Railway Co. v. Lacey
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Alexandria, rendered March 23, 1895, in an action of trespass on the case wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. This is an action to recover damages of the defendant for a personal injury inflicted on the plaintiff at a street crossing, and also to recover the value of a horse and buggy.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Alexandria, rendered March 23, 1895, in an action of trespass on the case wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. This is an action to recover damages of the defendant for a personal injury inflicted on the plaintiff at a street crossing, and also to recover the value of a horse and buggy. The plaintiff was seriously injured, his horse killed, and his buggy broken to pieces. The evidence sufficiently appears in the opinion of the court. The instructions, also, so far as objected to,…
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
William II. Lacey brought an action against the Washington Southern Railway Co. to recover damages for injuries done to his person and property by the alleged wrongful and negligent conduct of the railway company at a street crossing in the city of Alexandria. Upon the trial of the cause the verdict of the jury and the judgment of the court thereon were for the plaintiff, and to that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
The first assignment of error is to the action of the Circuit Court in admitting in evidence two ordinances of the city of Alexandria, and in refusing to give the…
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