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VEALE v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY

139 S.E.2d 797 (1965)

205 Va. 822

Curtis VEALE v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 18, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard B. Sachs, Norfolk (Kanter, Kanter & Sachs, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

J. Riley Johnson, Jr., Thomas R. McNamara, Williams, Cocke, Worrell & Kelly, Norfolk, for Norfolk & Western Ry. Co., defendant in error.

Virgil S. Gore, Jr., Norfolk (Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, on brief), for Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line R. Co., defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON and CARRICO, JJ.

BUCHANAN, Justice.

The plaintiff, Curtis Veale, brought this action for damages against Norfolk and Western Railway Company (Norfolk and Western) and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Company (Belt Line). In his motion for judgment he alleged that he was an employee of Cargill, Inc., and while he was engaged in unloading a boxcar loaded with grain, a sliding door of the car fell from its mountings and injured his leg. He made these additional allegations:

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