Richmond & Danville Railroad v. De Butts
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Culpeper county, rendered November 16, 1890, in action of trespass on the case, wherein D. E. De Butts was plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error, the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, was defendant. Judgment being according to verdict for plaintiff for $7,500, defendant company brought the case here on error. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
delivered the opinion of the court..
The action was for an injury received by the plaintiff, Du-lany F. De Butts, the defendant in error here, against the *406Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, while in the employment of the company as brakeman at Culpeper Courthouse, on the 25th day of December, 1889. Arriving at Cul-peper Courthouse with a freight train on which he was employed, De Butts was directed to assist in side tracking and drop'iping one of the cars of the train, which had become disabled for further travel on account of a hot box and a broken journal. De Butts mounted this car, and…
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