Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Grubbs
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court, Part II., of the city of Richmond, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
H. L. Grubbs brought this action in 1908 against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and the Norfolk and Western Railway Company, jointly, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff because of the negligence of the defendants. Later the plaintiff filed an amended declaration against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company alone, the case having been dismissed as to the Norfolk and Western Railway Company.
At the trial of the cause upon the issue joined on the amended' declaration the defendant demurred to the evidence, filing its grounds of…
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