Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Spencer's Administratrix
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of tlie Corporation Court of tlie city of Roanoke, in an action of trespass on-tlie case. Judgment for tlie plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. Tlie opinion states tlie case.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This writ of error brings before us for review the record of an action at law, brought by the defendant in error to recover damages of the plaintiff in error for the alleged negligent killing of the plaintiff’s intestate in a collision between two trains óf the defendant company.
The collision occurred at a point on the Roanoke & Southern branch of the Uorfolk and Western. Railway, about three miles south of Starkey station, and near to bridge 1813, between a freight train, with two engines, fifty-two cars and a caboose, which was travelling north, and a work-train, which was standing still…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Washington Southern Railway Co. v. LaceySupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Johnson's Adm'r v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad v. Joyner's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Poole's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
- Southern Railway Co. v. Aldridge's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
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