Southern Railway Co. v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Danville, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
*118This case is before us for the second time. See 110 Va. 847, 67 S. E. 357. On the former hearing the judgment was reversed, for error in the instructions. The last trial resulted, like the first, in a judgment against the defendant company, which this writ of error brings under review.
In the view we take of the case, it is only necessary to consider the assignment of error which calls in question the action of the lower court in refusing to set aside the verdict and grant the defendant a new trial.
The action was brought by W. T. Lewis to recover damages for an injury, which he alleges was…
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- Bertha Zinc Co. v. Martin's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Cromer's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901
- Norfolk & Portsmouth Traction Co. v. Ellington's AdministratorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
- Southern Railway Co. v. LewisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
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