Wilson's Administratrix v. Virginia Portland Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a-judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for damages. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
William T. Wilson was struck and killed by a moving car on the yards ’of the Virginia Portland Railway Company, at Fordwick, in Augusta county, Virginia, and this suit was brought by his administratrix to recover damages from the railway company on account of his death. A demurrer to the evidence, interposed by the defendant, was sustained by the trial court, and the plaintiff brings the case here upon a writ of error.
*163The evidence, taken as a whole, presents a sharp conflict upon the vital points, but viewing it, as we must, most favorably for the plaintiff, it tends materially to establish…
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