Ashley v. Tri-State Lumber Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
'Action by Arch Ashley against the Tri-State Lumber Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
This writ of error is prosecuted to a judgment of the circuit court of Nicholas county in favor of the -plaintiff rendered upon a demurrer to the evidence. The defendant company was operating in connection with its business of producing lumber a lumber railroad. It had completed its operations at the place where the accident occurred out of which this suit grows, and was taking up the track. The plaintiff was a locomotive engineer in the employ of the defendant, and at the time of the accident his engine with a car in front of it was being used to take up'that part of the track…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Dolner v. The MonticelloU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1870
- Chicago Anderson Pressed Brick Co. v. SobkowiakIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Eureka Co. v. BassSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Greene v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
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- Williams v. SchehlWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
- Conner v. JarrettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1938