Case Name: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Hunter's Administrator
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1917-01-11
Citations: 120 Va. 699
Docket Number: 
Parties: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Hunter’s Administrator.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 699–724

Head Matter:
Richmond.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Hunter’s Administrator.
January 11, 1917.
Absent, Prentis, J.
1. Demurrer to the Evidence — When Overruled. — Where it appeared from the evidence that there were two aspects of the case in which the jury might have found for the plaintiff, it is not error for the court below to sustain the verdict of a jury and- overrule defendant’s demurrer to the evidence.
2. Demurrer to the Evidence — Crossing—Collision.—In an action to recover damages to an automobile caused by a collision with a freight train, drawn by two engines, at and upon a public railroad crossing, where it appeared from the evidence that the jury might have found that the engineer of the front engine, seeing the automobile stalled on the crossing half-mile away, applied the air brakes immediately, as he testified, and this was in ample time to stop the train, but for the neglect of the engineer of the second engine to shut off steam, or the jury might have disbelieved the testimony of the engineer of the front engine, because in conflict with the testimony for the plaintiff and the physical facts shown, it was not error to overrule the defendant’s demurrer to the evidence.
3. Expert and Opinion Evidence — Appeal and Error. — Where there was no objection to the testimony of a witness on the ground of his incompetency to testify as an expert, the credibility and weight to be given his testimony are solely for the jury.
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
Affirmed.
The opinion states the case.
J. M. Perry, for the plaintiff in error.
Curry & Curry and Timberlake & Nelson, for the defendant in error.
Submitted before Judge Prentis took his seat.

Opinion:
Sims, J.,
delivered the opinion of the.court.