Mangum v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
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 defendant. Plaintiff assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
This was an action of trespass on the case, brought by Wiley P. Mangum against the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. After all the evidence on both sides had been introduced, the defendant demurred to the plaintiff’s evidence. The case will be stated, therefore, under the rule obtaining on a demurrer to the evidence, which is too familiar to occupy space in restating it.
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