Virginia Portland Cement Co. v. Swisher's Administrator
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for damages. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Whittle, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The judgment under review was rendered upon the verdict of a jury awarding damages to the defendant in error for the Wrongful death of his intestate imputed to the negligence of the plaintiff in error in whose employment ■Swisher was at the time he was killed.
The following narration tells the story of his death: The plant of the plaintiff in error is a large manufacturing establishment comprising a number of mills and is equipped with machinery, belting and appliances of various kinds employed in grinding the material used in the production of…
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- Norfolk & Western R. v. AmpeySupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Virginia & North Carolina Wheel Co. v. ChalkleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- Virginia & North Carolina Wheel Co. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
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