Va. Midland Railway Co. v. Washington
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Alaxendria city, rendered September 26th, 1888, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein George Washington, Jr., was plaintiff, and the Virginia Midland railway company was defendant. The verdict and judgment being for plaintiff', defendant brought the case here upon a writ of error and supersedeas.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
The declaration in this case claims $80,000 damages for injuries alleged to have been inflicted upon the plaintiff, George Washington, Jr., while he was serving the said Virginia Midland railway company as a fireman upon one of its freight *630trains, by tbe negligence of the servant of the said company, which, on the 23d day of August, 1886, in Orange county, Virginia, caused the train upon which the appellee ivas so employed at the time as fireman, as aforesaid, to collide Avith the passenger train of the said company, marked on the schedule as Eo. 53.
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