Norfolk Railway & Light Co. v. Corletto
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Court of Law 'and Chancery of the city of Norfolk, rendered June 24, 1901, in an action of trespass on the case wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchahait, J.
The first error assigned is the action of the court in overruling the demurrer of the Railway and Light Company to plaintiff’s declaration: The objection made to the declaration is that it does not allege faicts from which there could be inferred any duty owing by the defendant to the plaintiff. The declaration contains only one count. It alleges that, at the time of the injury complained of, the Railway and Light Company was possessed of, and was operating by electricity, a certain street railroad on Church street, one of the public highways of the city of Norfolk, and that, whilst operating…
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