SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. MAYS


63 S.E.2d 720 (1951)

SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. MAYS, Adm'x.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 12, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. H. Williams, Joseph E. Blackburn, Lynchburg, Thomas B. Gay, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and H. Merrill Pasco, all of Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

William M. McClenny, L. H. Shrader, Amherst, for defendant in error.

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


MILLER, Justice.

In this action brought under the Federal Employer's Liability Act, Frances J. Mays, administratrix of Moses A. Mays, deceased, obtained a verdict and judgment against the Southern Railway Company for the alleged negligent killing of decedent.

The parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant in accordance with their positions in the court below.

Plaintiff occupies that favored status of having obtained a jury's verdict that...

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