Burk v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

The appellant, plaintiff below, brought this action against the appellee for the death of her husband whose pick-up truck was struck by a train of the appellee. The jury returned a verdict of $9,000.00 and also answered certain interrogatories. On motion of the appellee the trial court entered judgment for the appellee on the interrogatories and the answer thereto notwithstanding the general verdict.

The appellant assigned as error the sustaining of appellee’s motion for judgment on the jury’s answer to the interrogatories, and the order requiring the jury to answer certain interrogatories.

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