Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. Hayes' Adm'r

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Fulton

Reversing.

This action was filed by appellee alleging that his intestate was run over and killed as a result of the negligent operation of one of appellants’ trains. On a trial before a jury verdict was returned in appellee’s favor for $20,000 and from judgment entered on that verdict this appeal is prosecuted.

The Long Fork subdivision of appellants’ Big Sandy Division extends from Martin to Weeksbury in Floyd County, and on this branch near Clear Creek Station are tunnels Nos. 4 and 5, called the Twin Tunnels. Tunnel No. 5 is nearer Weeksbury and is called…