Southern Railway Co. v. Childrey
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 Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Childrey, a brakeman of the Southern Railway Company,, sustained an injury, for which he sued and recovered a judgment. During the progress of the trial exceptions were reserved to rulings of the court upon instructions and upon a motion to set aside the verdict as contrary to the law and the evidence, which are before us for review.
Instruction No. 1, given at the instance of the defendant in error, is substantially identical with an instruction approved by this court in Norfolk & Western Ry. Co. v. Ampey, 93 Va. 108, 25 S. E. 226, but is in…
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