Recker v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Alexandria in an action of trespass on the case. Judgnient for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This writ of error brings under review the action of the lower court in sustaining the defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiff’s original and amended declarations. The amended declaration contains all the averments of the original declaration and need only be looked to in disposing of the questions to be considered.
The action ivas brought to recover of the defendant railway company damages for personal injuries, and the case stated by the plaintiff in his declaration is that he was employed in the machine shops of the defendant company; that at the time of the injury complained of he was…
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