Gunn v. Ohio River R'd
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited Deer. Heg. § 261; 75 Mo. 595; 84 Ya. 63 (45 S. E. Rep. 24); 5 S. E. Rep. 577, 578; 58 Ala. 672; 36 Md. 366; Id. 542; 50 Mo. 461; 38 Ill. 483; 34 N. Y. 622; 60 Mo. 475; 106 N. 0. 404 (11 S. E. Rep. 412); 3 Wood R’y Law § 417 (n. 13); 10 S. E. Rep. 988; 12 S. E. Rep. 77, 78; 10 Ired. 402; 25 Midi. 279 ; 5 Sneed 524; 52 Tex. 178; 27 Conn. 393; 56 Cal. 513; 52 la. 553; 92 Ill. 245 ; 5 Hun 479 ; 62 Cal. 322, 34 Am. & Eng.
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cited Deer. Heg. § 261; 75 Mo. 595; 84 Ya. 63 (45 S. E. Rep. 24); 5 S. E. Rep. 577, 578; 58 Ala. 672; 36 Md. 366; Id. 542; 50 Mo. 461; 38 Ill. 483; 34 N. Y. 622; 60 Mo. 475; 106 N. 0. 404 (11 S. E. Rep. 412); 3 Wood R’y Law § 417 (n. 13); 10 S. E. Rep. 988; 12 S. E. Rep. 77, 78; 10 Ired. 402; 25 Midi. 279 ; 5 Sneed 524; 52 Tex. 178; 27 Conn. 393; 56 Cal. 513; 52 la. 553; 92 Ill. 245 ; 5 Hun 479 ; 62 Cal. 322, 34 Am. & Eng. R’d Cas. 318; 37 Cal. 409; 4 Col. 524; 64 Mo. 430; 3 Gratt. 812; 38 la. 539; 17 Ind. 102; 71 Ill. 500; 54 Tex. 615; 15 Am. & Eng. R’d Gas. 472; Id. 394; Id. 406; 19 Am. &…
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, J:
On the 26th day of June, 1890, in the morning, between eight and nine o’clock, in Mason county, three miles below Point Pleasant, on the track of the Ohio River Railroad Company, two little boys, the one named Henry C. Mays, the other named Luela Mays, were accidentally killed by the up-bound passenger train on defendant’s railroad. I say “accidentally” in the beginning, once for all; for to *168suppose that fireman, engineer or any one in conduct of the train did so knowingly or willfully, in the sense of purposely, is, according to the evidence, absurd and entirely out of the case. It…
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