Legal Opinion

Kirk v. Williamson & Pond Creek Railroad

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 13, 1925No. 5230Published

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge:

In an action against defendant for personal injuries sustained, plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment for $5,000.00.

The cause of the action is that, being the owner, proprietor and operator of a railroad extending from the city of Williamson in this state, to the village of Hardy, in Pike County, Kentucky, the defendant company, at and near the village of Peg, on said railroad in said Pike County, so carelessly, negligently and improperly behaved and conducted itself in and about the management, control and direction of its locomotives, engines and cars, that the same, by…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Thomas v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Illinois Central Ry. Co. v. Murphy's Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
  3. Cahill v. CincinnatiCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1891
  4. Ricketts v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Fisher v. West Virginia & P. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1894

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