Nichols' Adm'r v. W. O. & W. R. R.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Loudoun county, Tendered second November, 1884, in an action of trespass on tbe case wherein Samuel T. Nichols, administrator of Francis E.' Nichols, was plaintiff, and the Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad Company was defendant. The verdict at the first trial was for the plaintiff, assessing his damages at $4,000. On defendant’s motion, the court set aside the verdict and awarded a new trial.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Loudoun county, Tendered second November, 1884, in an action of trespass on tbe case wherein Samuel T. Nichols, administrator of Francis E.' Nichols, was plaintiff, and the Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad Company was defendant. The verdict at the first trial was for the plaintiff, assessing his damages at $4,000. On defendant’s motion, the court set aside the verdict and awarded a new trial. At the second trial the jury found for the defendant, and the plaintiff moved for a new trial. But the court overruled the motion, and entered judgment for the…
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
' This is an action of tort, brought, by the personal representative of Francis E. Nichols, to recover damages for injuries sustained by Mm which caused Ms death.
A trial was had before a jury, which resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $4,000. This verdict the court,, upon the defendant’s motion, set aside; and to this action of the court, as well as its action in refusing certain instructions and in giving others, the plaintiff duly excepted. At the next term the case was submitted to the court, when a judgment was rendered for the defendant, and thereupon this writ of error was…
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