Roberts v. Alex. & F. Railroad

Citations

• 83 Va. 312
• 2 S.E. 518
• 1887 Va. LEXIS 70

Syllabus

<p>1. Negligent Injuries&emdash;Evidence&emdash;Exclusion.&emdash;It is error for the court to exclude plaintiff’s material and relevant evidence, though it considers no case of negligence made out, unless defendant admits the truth of the propositions sought to be established by that evidence.</p> <p>2. Idem&emdash;Railroads&emdash; Crossings&emdash;Signals&emdash; Case at bar.&emdash;It is negligence to run an unscheduled train at an extraordinary speed across a public highway without signaling its approach by bell and whistle, as in the case at bar.</p>