Carnefix v. Kanawha & Michigan Railroad
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Payette Couuty. Action by J. W. Carnefix, administrator, against the Kana-wha & Michigan Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge :
By an action of trespass on the case, J. W. Carnefix, administrator, seeks recovery of damages from the Kanawha. & Michigan Railroad Company for the killing of his son, Roy A. Carnefix, at a public crossing. From a judgment on the verdict of a jury, defendant obtained a writ of error.
The decedent, a young man fifteen years of age, was killed at a public crossing, about six o’clock in the morning of August 29, 1910. He was driving a two horse team and wagon from Boomer to Hauley Bridge. He and the train were moving in the same general direction up and on the north side of the…
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