Hines v. Beard
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Louisa county in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for damages. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
This is a proceeding by motion by J. W. Beard against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, to recover damages for a personal injury. The plaintiff, Beard, was a passenger on a passenger train operated by the defendant, and the alleged injury was the result of the derailment of the coach in which he was being carried as a passenger for hire. There was a verdict for the plaintiff for $2,000.00 which the trial court refused to set aside, and upon which it entered judgment for the plaintiff.
*289On September 19, 1919, the plaintiff purchased a ticket at Waynesboro from that point to…
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