E. I. Du Pont, etc., Co. v. Snead's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Prince George county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for the death of her intestate occasioned, as she alleges, by the wrongful act of Osborne M. Brook (sometimes called Oscar M. Brooke) while acting within the scope of his employment as the servant of the defendant company. There was a judgment for the plaintiff, and to that judgment this writ of error was awarded to the defendant.
The declaration on which the case was tried contained two counts, to each of which the defendant demurred. The declaration, after setting out that intestate was employed by the defendant, and that the…
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- Dejarnette v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
- Connell's Ex'ors v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. StockSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
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