N. & W. R. R. v. Jackson's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Dinwiddie county, rendered April 10th, 1886, in the action of trespass on the case for damages for the negligent killing of the plaintiff’s intestate by the defendant, in which action J. P. Eobertson, administrator of Washington Jackson, deceased, is plaintiff, and the Norfolk and Western Eailroad Company is defendant. There was a demurrer to the declaration and to each count thereof, which was overruled.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Dinwiddie county, rendered April 10th, 1886, in the action of trespass on the case for damages for the negligent killing of the plaintiff’s intestate by the defendant, in which action J. P. Eobertson, administrator of Washington Jackson, deceased, is plaintiff, and the Norfolk and Western Eailroad Company is defendant. There was a demurrer to the declaration and to each count thereof, which was overruled. The verdict being for the plaintiff for $5,000 damages, the defendant moved that it be set aside and a new trial granted. This motion being overruled,…
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.
This was an action in the circuit court of Dinwiddie county to recover damages for the alleged negligent killing of the plaintiff’s intestate, who, when he was killed, was in the employ of the defendant company, the plaintiff in error here, as a brakeman on a freight train. There was a demurrer to the declaration and to each count thereof, hut the demurrer was overruled, and the jury having returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $5,000 damages, the court gave judgment on the verdict, whereupon the "defendant obtained a writ of error and supersedeas.
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