Director General v. Pence's Administratrix
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Brunswick county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Robert Pence, while riding in an automobile, was struck and killed by a Virginian Railroad train at a crossing and his administratrix brought this action for damages against the Director General who at the time of the accident was operating the railroad. There was a verdict and judgment below in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant assigns error.
The facts of the case so far as-material for the purposes of this decision may be fairly stated thus:
Pence was a traveling salesman employed by the International Harvester Company. At the time of the…
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