Legal Opinion

Nichols v. Camden &c Ry. Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 29, 1907PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Action by Nellie Nichols against; the Camden Interstate Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

McWhorter, Judge:

This was an action of trespass on the case brought in the circuit court of Cabell county by Nella Nichols against the Camden Interstate Railway Company for personal injuries to the plaintiff when a passenger on one of the cars of the defendant, inflicted upon her by a drunken fellow passenger, the defendant failing and neglecting to protect plaintiff while *410such passenger from injuries by such drunken man as it was defendant’s duty to do. Plaintiff’s grounds of complaint are set out in her declaration as follows: “And the plaintiff avers that on the year and day aforesaid, in…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Deery v. CraySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  2. Lancaster v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Mining Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  4. Union Trust Co. v. McClellanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Trice v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Merchants Bank & Trust Co. v. Peoples BankWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Napper v. RiceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1944
  3. Davis v. Combined Insurance Co. of AmericaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Dumphy v. Norfolk & Western Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Danser v. DorrWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913

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