Dixie Peanut Co. v. Lewis' Administratrix
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Petersburg in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought by the administratrix of Charles A. Lewis against the Dixie Peanut Company, Inc., to recover damages for personal injuries, resulting in death, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant company. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff to which this writ of error was awarded.
There was a demurrer to the declaration, which we think was properly overruled. The record shows that the plaintiff’s intestate was killed by the fall .of a freight elevator that he was operating in the peanut factory of the defendant. The only…
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