Gay's Administrator v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Alexandria, rendered December 6, 1900, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendants in error were the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The administrator of Dona Gay sued the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad Company and the Southern Railway Company for injuries resulting in the death of his intestate. The jury rendered a verdict subject to a demurrer to the evidence, and, the court having entered judgment for the defendants, the case is now before us upon a writ of error awarded the administrator.
The evidence proves, or tends to prove, the following facts: Dona Gay was on the 16th day of July, 1899, in the employment of the Southern Railway Company as one of the crew…
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