Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Marpole
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Page county, rendered May 7, 1898, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This is an action of trespass on the case brought by A. H. Marpole against the N. & W. R. R. Co. in the Circuit Court of Page county to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, a brakeman in the employ of the defendant, on a freight train, while in the discharge of his duty, and when passing under an overhead bridge on the line of the defendant’s railway, near Luray, Yas The gravamen of plaintiff’s complaint in his declaration is that the overhead bridge was too low to pass under it with safety while walking or standing-on the top of the train, and that,…
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