Lynchburg Traction & Light Co. v. Gordon
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of city of Lynchburg, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff'. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
We will designate the parties here according to their position in the court below. The plaintiff, H. N. Gordon, while in the employment of the defendant, the Lynchburg Traction and Light Company, was severely injured by contact with *200a heavily charged electric light wire, and brought this action alleging that his injuries were caused by the defendant’s negligence. There was a verdict and judgment in his favor.
Upon the vital questions of fact, the evidence is irreconcilably conflicting. This conflict arises, however, from two opposing versions of possible facts under which the accident…
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