Trent v. Clinchfield Coal Corp.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Dickenson county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Harrison, J.,
delivered, the opinion of the court.
This action was brought by Walter Trent to. recover of the defendant corporation damages for personal injuries received by him on the 21st day of March, 1913. The suit was not instituted until the 13th day of the following March (1914), and the process was not served on the defendant until the 20th day of March, 1914, the last day within twelve months from the day the injuries were alleged to have been inflicted, and was made returnable to the third Monday in April (April 20, 1914). On the last mentioned day, which was one of the rule days to…
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