French v. Virginian Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Giles county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
This is an action of trespass on the case to recover damages for the destruction of certain growing timber and wood by fire, alleged to have been caused by the defendant company, which resulted in a verdict and judgment for the company.
The only error assigned and relied upon by the plaintiff is the admission as evidence by the trial court of the dispatchers’ register of trains of November 21, 1915, the date of the fire.
That records of entries made in the established course of business on train sheets by train dispatchers from reports telegraphed or telephoned to them by station agents as to…
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