Savage v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Eiclimond, 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 Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The accident which is the subject of this suit occurred upon that portion of the main line of the Southern Railway Company between Richmond and West Roint, Va., which passes through the yards of the Trigg Shipbuilding Company, in the city of Richmond. At the point of the accident the railway company was not the owner in fee of its roadbed, but occupied it, and operated its road under a perpetual license derived from the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Its right of way was over a strip of land about forty feet in width, wide enough for three…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Rodgers' AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
- N. & W. R. R. v. Harman's AdministratorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
- Humphreys' Adm'x v. Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
- Rangeley's Adm'r v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1898
- Tyler v. SitesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1894
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- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Dean's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
- McLain v. WoodsideSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1913