Newport News Publishing Co. v. Beaumeister
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of Newport News, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of- the court.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of Newport News, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of- the court. Instruction T, referred to in the opinion is as follows: “The court instructs the jury that it is the master’s duty to exercise reasonable care, that is, such care as reasonable and prudent men use under like circumstances in providing safe and suitable appliances and instrumentalities for the work to be done, and in seeing that the place assigned to its servant to work is…
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This is the sequel to the case of Newport News Publishing Co. v. Beaumeister, reported in 102 Va. 763, 47 S. E. 821. At the first trial there was a verdict and judgment for $2,000 in favor of the plaintiff, which judgment, on a writ of error to this court, was reversed, and the case remanded for a new trial. At the second trial the plaintiff again prevailed, and recovered the judgment for $4,500 now under review.
The declaration on which the first trial was had alleged that, in operating the printing press of the defendant company, it became necessary for the plaintiff to occasionally enter…
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