Bibb's Adm'r v. N. & W. R. R.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of Boanoke City, rendered March 10th, 1888, in an action on the case brought in said court in November, 1887, by J. A. Page, administrator of S. S. Bibb, deceased, against the Norfolk and Western Bail-road Company, to recover damages for the alleged killing of the plaintiff’s intestate by the carelessness of the defendant company in running one of its trains in and upon a certain bridge over Big Otter river in the county of Bedford, and…
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Error to judgment of corporation court of Boanoke City, rendered March 10th, 1888, in an action on the case brought in said court in November, 1887, by J. A. Page, administrator of S. S. Bibb, deceased, against the Norfolk and Western Bail-road Company, to recover damages for the alleged killing of the plaintiff’s intestate by the carelessness of the defendant company in running one of its trains in and upon a certain bridge over Big Otter river in the county of Bedford, and on the line of said railway, and then in course of construction by one Fred. H. Smith, who had contracted with said…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
(after stating the case) delivered the opinion of the court.
This case, which was pending at the place of session of this court at Wytheville, was removed therefrom to its place of session in Richmond, and was, upon full argument, heard by this court at the November term thereof, 1890, when the judgment of the court below was affirmed by an evenly divided court of four judges. Upon the application of the plaintiff in error a rehearing was granted, and the case was again heard by this court at its November term, 1890, at Richmond, all the judges being present.
The plaintiff’s case as urged…
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