Legal Opinion
Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad v. Parker
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 21, 1929PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
This is an action by motion for the recovery of damages occasioned by personal injury, charged to have been negligently inflicted.
J. R. Parker, the plaintiff, was caretaker on the Mt. Vernon, a ship out of commission belonging to the United States Shipping Board and moored alongside of Pier No. 1 of the Norfolk army base. On the afternoon of June 6, 1927, in company with one Fisher, employed in like capacity on another vessel, he went to C. H. Morecock’s store, but a short distance away, where purchases were made, including a five-gallon can of oil. These supplies, except the oil can,…
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