Byrd v. Pennsylvania Railroad

This is an action of trespass on the case brought by the plaintiff against the defendant railroad company in the Circuit Court of Accomac county to the September rules 1926. There was a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $400.00 which the court set aside and entered judgment for the defendant.

*956A writ of error to this action of the court, granted at the instance of the plaintiff, brings the case before us for review.

Plaintiff Byrd is a merchant owning and operating a store at Mears Station on the Pennsylvania railroad in Aceomac county. His store building sits in the southwest angle created…