Norfolk & Western Ry. Co. v. Bailey

Opinion op tub Court by

Chief Justice Sims

Reversing.

On this appeal the parties will he called plaintiff and defendant. The Pontiac automobile of Wiley Bailey stalled on the tracks of the Norfolk & Western Bail-way Company on a public crossing in or near the town of Warfield on the afternoon of June 10, 1946. It was hit by a cut of ten cars being pushed at from six to eight miles an hour by an engine, and plaintiff brought this action to recover $1000 damages to his car by reason of the alleged negligence- of defendant in the operation of its train.

A trial resulted in a verdict in favor of…