Legal Opinion

Ashley v. Tri-State Lumber Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 6, 1917PublishedCited by 2 opinions

'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

  1. Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Dolner v. The MonticelloU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1870
  3. Chicago Anderson Pressed Brick Co. v. SobkowiakIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Eureka Co. v. BassSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
  5. Greene v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Williams v. SchehlWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Conner v. JarrettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1938

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