Norfolk & Western R. R. v. Irvine

Citations

• 84 Va. 553
• 5 S.E. 532
• 1888 Va. LEXIS 109

Syllabus

<p>1. Railroads—Refusal to carry baggage—Penalty—Damages.—Plaintiff injured by railroad company’s refusal to carry his baggage, is not limited to a recovery of a penalty prescribed for such refusal by Code 1878, ch. 61, 117, but may recover the amount of the actual damage. Code 1873, ch. 145J5.</p> <p>2. Idem—Reasonable rules—Wearing apparel.—Railroad company may make all reasonable rules for conducting its affairs. A rule is reasonable that it-will carry as baggage only the passenger’s wearing apparel on passenger trains; and plaintiff, who being in the habit of carrying his peddler’s wares as baggage, declined to certify that “his trunk contained nothing except wearing apparel,” is not entitled to damages for the company’s refusal to carry such trunk.</p>