Blagg v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Supreme Court
Furor to Circuit Court, Mason County. Action by B. H. Blagg, administrator of Raymond Bennett, deceased, against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. Judgment .for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
This writ of error is prosecuted to a judgment in favor of plaintiff for damages occasioned by the death of his decedent, Raymond Bennett, caused by the alleged wrongful act of the defendant. Bennett was killed on the 26th day of August, 1913, by being run over on the tracks of the defendant near its station of Point Pleasant. The evidence shows that a north-bound train of the defendant, containing a locomotive, tender, and three cars, just a short distance north of defendant’s station of Point Pleasant, ran over the defendant about seven o’clock on the morning of August 26, 1913,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Bondurant's AdministratorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
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