Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. May
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Louisa county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Whittle, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought by the defendants, in error against the plaintiff in error (hereinafter referred to as *793plaintiffs and defendant) to recover damages for the destruction of their dwelling and out-houses and personal property and timber by fire, alleged to have originated on the defendant’s right of way and to have been occasioned by sparks or coals dropped or thrown from its engine or train. The action was prosecuted primarily for the benefit of the plaintiffs, and incidentally for the Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Company, to the…
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- Green v. Boston & Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Burruss v. HinesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
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