Southern Railway Co. v. Magagna

The defendant in error recovered a verdict and judgment against the railway company in the trial court for $1,000. The action grew out of damages to an automobile which arose when it was driven, or slid, through the wing panel of a bridge that crosses over the tracks of the railway company.

Mr. A. W. Magagna, accompanied by his brother, P. T. Magagna, was driving the automobile of Mrs. Muriel Magagna along the state highway leading from Amherst to Lynchburg. The automobile was a Studebaker, seven passenger car and its weight was 4,000 pounds. Mrs. Muriel Magagna, the wife of P. T. Magagna and…