Chesapeake & Ohio Railway v. McCarthy
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Botetourt county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This action of trespass on the case was instituted by defendant in error, D. F. McCarthy, against plaintiff in *182error, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, to recover damages for permanent personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff because of negligence on the part of the defendant company. At a trial of the cause there was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff against the defendant company for $6,000, to which judgment this writ of error was awarded.
McCarthy, who for twenty-one years had been employed by the defendant company as a fireman, on July 11, 1910, was on…
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