Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Bondurant's Administrator
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Amherst- county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
C. N. Bondurant, the plaintiffs intestate, was killed in May, 1906, by a rear-end collision upon the Norfolk and Western railroad, under circumstances which, it is conceded, would, as-against a passenger or an employee of the railroad company, have constituted actionable negligence.
The young man who was killed desired to become a fireman on the Norfolk and Western railroad, and to learn the duties of that position, filed an application on May 3, 1906, in which, in reply to one of the printed questions, he stated that he was-born on the 27th day of…
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