Young v. West Virginia C. & P. R'y Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
I. — On variance. — 23 W. Va. 618; 16 W. Ya. 245,263; 10 S. E. R. 356; 12 S. E. R. 101,1020; 28 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, p. 59 & note 5; 15 W. Ya. 628. II. — Proximate cause. — 17 W. Ya. 190; Patterson’s R’way Accident Law, 9-12; Baily, on Master & Servant, 425 ■427; Sher. & Red. on Neg. Yol. 1, § 26; Bishop on Non. Con.
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I. — On variance. — 23 W. Va. 618; 16 W. Ya. 245,263; 10 S. E. R. 356; 12 S. E. R. 101,1020; 28 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, p. 59 & note 5; 15 W. Ya. 628. II. — Proximate cause. — 17 W. Ya. 190; Patterson’s R’way Accident Law, 9-12; Baily, on Master & Servant, 425 ■427; Sher. & Red. on Neg. Yol. 1, § 26; Bishop on Non. Con. Law, § 457. III. — Fellow servants. — 36 W. Ya. 411; 34 W. Ya. 273, 274; McKinney, on Fellow Servants, § 23 & page 55; 37 W. Ya. 502, 504; 21 S. E. R. 1028, 1029. IY. — On competency of testimony. — 13 S. E. R. 459, 460; Rogers, Ex. Test. p. 13, § 5. Y. — On contributory…
1Opinion of the Court
ENglisii, Judge:
On the 8th day of December, 1891, Charles "W. Young brought an action of trespass on the case in the Circuit Court of Tucker county against the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Eailway Company, claiming damages to the amount of thirty thousand dollars on account of personal injuries received by him while acting as brakeman on one of defendant’s freight trains. The defendant demurred to the plaintiff’s declaration, and the same was overruled by the court. The plea of not guilty was interposed, and issue was thereon joined, and on the 10th day of March, 1894, the defendant…
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