CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. CROUCH


159 S.E.2d 650 (1968)

208 Va. 602

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. Jewel Ramsey CROUCH, Administratrix, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry M. Sackett, Jr., Norfolk (Williams, Robertson & Sackett, Lynchburg, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Paul Whitehead, William L. Wilson, Lynchburg, for defendant in error.

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


CARRICO, Justice.

Jewel Ramsey Crouch, administratrix of the estate of Malcolm Lee Crouch, deceased, filed a motion for judgment against Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, the defendant, seeking to recover damages for the allegedly wrongful death of Malcolm Lee Crouch. The motion for judgment alleged that the defendant had negligently caused to be started on its right-of-way a fire which spread to adjoining property and...

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