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TILLER v. NORFOLK & W. RY. CO.

Record No. 3588.

58 S.E.2d 45 (1950)

190 Va. 605

TILLER v. NORFOLK & W. RY. CO.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 13, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richardson and Kemper, Bluefield, W. Va., Joseph S. Gillespie, Tazewell, for plaintiff in error.

Bowen & Gillespie, Tazewell, for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and GREORY, EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY and BUCHANAN, JJ.

EGGLESTON, Justice.

William R. Tiller, an employee of Hardwood Products, Incorporated, was killed at St. Clair's crossing, in Tazewell county, while riding in a railroad boxcar which was being shifted by a train crew of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. In an action for wrongful death his administratrix recovered a verdict against the Railway Company. Being of opinion that the Railway Company was not legally responsible for Tiller's death, the trial court set...

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