Trumbo's Adm'r v. City Street-Car Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Augusta county, rendered June 3d, 1892, in an action of trespass on the case wherein Logan Turner, sergeant of the city of Staunton, and as such administrator of Grover Cleveland Trumbo, deceased, was plaintiff, and the City Street-Car Company was defendant. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court
*781This was an action to recover damages for the alleged negligent killing of the appellant’s intestate. The latter, at the time of his death, was a child of tender years. His death was caused by his being run over by a car of the. defendant company on the 30th of October, 1890, in the city of Staunton.
There were two trials in the court below. At the first there was a verdict for the plaintiff for $1,222.85, which, on motion of the defendant, was set aside. At the second there was a verdict for the defendant, upon which the judgment complained of was…
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