Comisky v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mercer County. Action by James Comisky against tbe Norfolk & Western Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:
In an action of trespass on tbe ease' for an alleged false imprisonment, James Comisky recovered tbe judgment to which this writ of error was awarded. He was arrested October 15, 1914, while on defendant’s passenger train on the evening run from Bluestone Junction to Bluefield. For some months theretofore he had been and then was an employee *150of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, engaged in construction of its electric power plant ioeated at that junction. He claimed the right to free transportation between the two stations as an incident of his employment. The exercise of…
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