Southern Railway Co. v. Mauzy
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockingham ■county, rendered October 25, 1899, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought by Clarence H. Mauzy against the Southern Railway' Company to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him in consequence of the negligence of the defendant company. At the time of the accident in question, the plaintiff was an employee of the defendant, and was assisting other laborers in loading car-wheels upon a flat-car. The gravamen of the plaintiff’s complaint is that the defendant negligently failed to provide safe and adequate appliances for doing the work in the usual and most approved method.
The court is of opinion that it was error to…
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