Legal Opinion

Duty v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 28, 1911PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Actibn by Amanda S. Duty against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Milleh, Judge :

Defendant by writ of error seeks reversal of the judgment below against it for five thousand dollars, damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff while a passenger, at West Hamlin, in Lincoln county, on the night of September 24, 1907.

The first point of error is the overruling of the demurrer to the amended declaration and to each count thereof. This declaration contains two counts. The second count, among 'other things, avers the duty and the breach thereof by defendant to stop its train at its said station, on the night in question, a reasonable length of…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Snyder v. Wheeling Electrical Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Tompkins v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Manistee Mill Co. v. HobdySupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  4. First Nat. Bank of Ceredo v. Huntington Distilling Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Robrecht v. Marling's Adm'rWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1887

19 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. May v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1920
  2. William P. Mosser Co. v. PayneWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
  3. Gasber v. Coast Const. CorporationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
  4. State v. FarleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Cain v. Kanawha Traction & Electric Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1918

6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API