Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Epling

Millard M. Epling, a young man twenty-three years of age, was killed on a grade crossing approximately one-half *553mile west of the corporate Emits of the Town of Narrows, in Giles county, Virginia, when a truck driven by him was struck by a passenger train known as the “Powhatan Arrow,” owned and operated by the Norfolk & Western Railway Company. The administrator brought this action for the wrongful death of decedent and recovered a verdict for $8,500. Judgment was entered on the verdict, which is now before us for review.

The controlling question presented is whether the evidence is sufficient…