Legal Opinion

Southern Railway Co. v. Cash

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 21, 1909PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error to a judgment of tbe Circuit Court of Albemarle county in an action of trespass on tbe case. Judgment for tbe plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.

1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.

William A. Cash instituted his action against the Southern Railway Company to recover damages for injuries suffered by him whilst alighting from a passenger train of the defendant company on which he was a passenger, caused, as is alleged, by its negligence.

There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $1,400. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.

The first and second errors assigned in the petition for the writ of error, which were respectively to the action of the court in overruling the demurrer to the first and third counts of the declaration and the motion in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
  2. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. FortuneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Leigh v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1951
  2. Richmond-Washington Motor Coaches, Inc. v. AustinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1930
  3. Leigh v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1951
  4. Updike v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1946
  5. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Christian's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1910

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