Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Mace

This is an action by motion brought to recover damages arising out of the death of Theodore Mace in a crossing accident at Harriston, Augusta county, Virginia, October 17, 1927.

Designating the parties as they were designated in the trial court, plaintiff’s intestate, a boy between fourteen and fifteen years old, together with his father, was killed by the front engine of a north bound double header freight train at this crossing. What is known in the record as Payne’s Run road is a county road, which, roughly speaking, runs north and south and parallels the defendant’s right of way for some…