Walters v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Warren county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
This case arises out of the following facts: The plaintiff in error, who was a paralytic, weighed about 200 pounds, and was confined to an invalid’s chair, became a passenger on the Norfolk and Western Railway from Hagerstown, Md., to Bentonville, Va., and was injured by falling from her chair while being taken from the train at Bentonville. She . had frequently taken similar journeys as a passenger on the trains of the company. On this as well as on many previous occasions, she had been lifted in her chair into the baggage car, and was thus transported to her destination. She was accompanied…
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- Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1890
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