CHESAPEAKE & O. RY. CO. v. SEAY


79 S.E.2d 631 (1954)

195 Va. 566

CHESAPEAKE & O. RY. CO. v. SEAY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 25, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Leake, Meade T. Spicer, Jr., Richmond, Va., George F. Abbitt, Jr., Appomattox, for plaintiff in error.

A.L. Pitts, Jr., Dillwyn, John B. Boatwright, Buckingham, Robert Whitehead, Lovingston, for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH, and WHITTLE, JJ.


SMITH, Justice.

This is an action by B. A. Seay, referred to as plaintiff, to recover damages for the destruction of certain of his property by a fire which he claims was started by a steam locomotive operated by The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, referred to as defendant. The jury rendered a verdict against the railway company for $20,000 and the trial court by its judgment approved the verdict, to which judgment we awarded the company a writ of error.

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