Baltimore & O. R. v. Deneen

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

This civil action, instituted in a State Court, was removed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Scott Deneen, plaintiff, sued to recover damages for injuries received when the automobile which he was driving was struck at a public crossing near Hancock, West Virginia, by a train operated by the defendant, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. The jury brought in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $3,600, judgment was entered accordingly, and defendant has appealed. Defendant moved for a directed verdict in its favor, for a new…