Bowers v. Bristol Gas & Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation 'Court of the city of Bristol, rendered April 8, 1901, in an action of trespass on the case wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This action was brought in the Corporation Court for the city of Bristol to recover damages for the death of W. T. Bowers, the husband and intestate of plaintiff in error, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant company.
The case made by the declaration is that deceased, at the time of the accident, in September, 1900, was employed by the defendant company, a corporation owning -and 'operating electric lights and lines in Bristol, Virginia, and Bristol, Tennessee, to trim with carbon the electric lights along its lines, and to replace and adjust carb'ons, and keep…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Nelson v. Chesapeake & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1892
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Cromer's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Sparrow's Admr.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1900
3Cited by12 opinions
- Wise Terminal Co. v. McCormickSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- Shiflett's Administratrix v. Virginia Railway & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1923
- Glasscock v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1962
- Southern Railway Co. v. ChildreySupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
- Street's Administrator v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1903
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