Shiflett's Administratrix v. Virginia Railway & Power Co.
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 defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
This is an action to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate occasioned by a collision with a street car of the defendant, which the plaintiff alleges was negligently operated. There was a verdict and judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff assigns error.
Broad street, in the city of Richmond, runs practically east and west, and along the center of it there is the defendant’s double street car track; the two tracks being about eight feet apart. In the space between the tracks, at the scene of the collision, there is a row of trees about forty feet apart. Lombardy…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Bresee v. Los Angeles Traction Co.California Supreme Court · 1906
- Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. GorsuchSupreme Court of Virginia · 1917
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. ArringtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. StockSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- Lynn v. GoodwinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Yeary v. HolbrookSupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
- Burks v. Webb, AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1957
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