The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-14
APPEAL REFUSED.
|NR|CHM0ND. CASE
Supreme Court Declines to In
terfere With Judgment
for Car Accident.
THREE OTHERS ARE DENIED Il
One Writ Of Error Allowed, In
volving Norfolk County
Land.

Further proceedings were denied
| yesterday By the Supreme Court IN the
case of Irene Sharp against the Rich
mond Traction Company and Henry
IT. Wickham and William Northrop, re-
ceivers. The company took an appeal
| from verdict of the Law and Equity
Court of the city of Richmond, which
is refused.
Irene Sharp Is an elderly colorcd wo-
man, who was injured by fall from
Broad and Main car at Seventh and
Broad Streets on February 10. 1905.
She was passenger on the car the
evidence showing that she got up to
follow othe. persons to the street.
When she had placed one foot on the
ground, she testified, the car started,
and she was thrown to the ground and
seriously and permanently injured
Got Full Damages.
The conductor said in defense that he
gave the signal to go ahead and then
saw that the woman was preparing to
leave the car. He told her to wait
and get off on the further side of the
cross street, and did not think she
would attempt to alight She sued for
$4,000 damages, the jury awarding her
the full amount.
A writ of error was also refused in
the case of Thomas Mobray's adminis-
traitor against the Southern Railway
Company, from the Circuit Court Of
Orange county.
Moobray was deaf man who was
He rode along the country road, and.
when he came TO the railway track.
turned into II in the darkness pro-
ceeeding along the track for. several
hundred yards without knowing that
he had left the road
The claim that tho railway ~
pany should have placed cattle guards
at the road crossings and that Its right
of way should have been fenced.
Were Mt Random.
In its answer the Southern said that
the declarations in the bill as to what
Moobray thought were at random, in
the realm of pure conjecture. and
would be supported by no proof. The
suit was. for $500, the demurrer OF
the Southern being sustained by the
refused to interfere.
Another writ refused was in the case
of the Southern Railway Company
against the town of Culpeper. The
as to whether or not, under the Con-
stitution of the State and the tax
laws. the Southern Railway is exempt
from payment OF license tax for
doing business in the town
An ordinance was passed taxing the
railway SIS year for its offices. es-
tablished for the sale of passenger
tickets and the recent and delivery
OF freight. The road claimed, in filing
its bill of injunction TO prevent the
collection of the license tax, that the
franchise levy imposed by the VIr-
gina Constitution was to be clearly
in lieu of all other taxes or license
charges whatsoever
This view was sustained by both the
upper and lower courts.
Land Is Involved.
Possession OF piece of land in Nor
folk county is involved ~ the petit
ton of a. B. Wells for an appeal from
the Judgment of the Circuit Court OF
the county. The suit was brought by
Virginia Lagorio Mary Lagorio. Au-
gustine Lagorio and Cecilia Lagoric
against Edith Gilchrist and ]. w; Gill
christ, her husband: Thomas Talbot
executor of Abram Beckett, deceased
A. 3. Wells and T. B. Edwards.
Antonio Lagorio died in 1889, leaving
a will devsing his real estate to his
widow with reversion to the four
children who were the compliments
After her death difficulty arose over
the boundaries of piece of land in
Tanners Creek District, of Norfolk
county, which had been purchased by
Lagorio during his lifetime There
were surveys. but one Of the bounda.
ries is in doubt and the bill stated
that A. B. Wells. former owner had
taken possession of the land. The APP
peal was granted.