Legal Opinion
Davis v. Ellis
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided February 26, 1925Published
1Opinion
ON RE-HEARING.
Richmond, February 25, 1926.
2Opinion of the CourtChinn, J.
The defendant in error (hereinafter designated as plaintiff) instituted her action against the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company (here*381inafter designated as defendant) to recover damages for the death of her husband, Warren G. Ellis, which she alleged was caused by the negligence of the defendant. After all the evidence on both sides had been produced at the trial of the case in the court below, the defendant tendered in writing a demurrer to the evidence, and the jury thereupon awarded plaintiff $10,-000.00 damages, subject to the…
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