Osborn v. Darby Coal Mining Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lee county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Two persons, Shoop and Osborn, were injured by a fall of slate in the mine of the Darby Coal Mining Company, in May, 1918, and they brought separate suits to recover damages for *158the injuries which they sustained. Shoop’s case was heard and a judgment rendered in his favor for $3,000, to which judgment a writ of error was awarded, and the case is reported in 116 Va. at p. 848, 83 S. E. 412. In the suit brought by Osborn there was a demurrer to the evidence by the defendant, the jury rendered a verdict for $2,000, subject to the demurrer, and the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Darby Coal Mining Co. v. ShoopSupreme Court of Virginia · 1914