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CARPENTER v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO.

79 S.E.2d 603 (1954)

195 Va. 530

CARPENTER v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO. CASEY v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 25, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Old, Chesterfield, Va., D.W. Murphey, Chester, Va., for plaintiffs in error.

J. M. Townsend, Petersburg, Va., for defendant in error.

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

MILLER, Justice,

Neil Madison Carpenter and Geddy Carroll Casey, twelve and thirteen years of age respectively, hereinafter referred to as decedents, were instantly killed about five o'clock p.m. on January 27, 1951, when struck by a locomotive of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.

Each decedent's administrator instituted an action for $15,0001 against the company under section...

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