Wise Terminal Co. v. McCormick
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wise county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. D'efendant assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
The defendant in error, W. B. McCormick, brought this action and recovered in the Circuit Court of Wise county, a verdict and judgment against the plaintiff in error, Wise Terminal Company, which was the defendant in the court below, for $5,000 as damages for personal injuries alleged to have been inflicted upon him by the negligence of the defendant company.
In the view taken by this court, there was a total failure on the part of the plaintiff to trace actionable negligence to the defendant company, and in no aspect of the case was he entitled to a verdict. Therefore, it is unnecessary to…
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