Farish & Co. v. Reigle
Supreme Court of Virginia
*This was an action on the case in the Circuit court of Shenandoah county by John Reigle against William Parish & Co. stage owners, to recover damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff by the upsetting of the defendants’ stage.
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*This was an action on the case in the Circuit court of Shenandoah county by John Reigle against William Parish & Co. stage owners, to recover damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff by the upsetting of the defendants’ stage. The plaintiff who lived in Pennsylvania, took a passage in the defendants’ stage to go from Staunton to Winchester; and he proved that after leaving Woodstock, a short distance below that town, the stage was turned over and he was very much injured ; his head was severely cut, and one of his legs was broken immediately above the ankle, the small bone having…
1Opinion of the CourtDaniel, J.
In the ninth article of Judge Story’s work on Railment, is to be found the most concise and lucid exposition of the rights, duties and obligations of carriers of passengers, that I have met with. It is there stated, that carriers of passengers merely for hire, are subject to the same responsibility as carriers of goods for hire, at the common law, so far as respects the baggage of the passengers: But as to the persons of the passengers, a different rule prevails. Attempts have been made to extend their responsibility as to the persons of passengers, to all losses and injuries, except those…
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