Roberts v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Wetzel County. Action by John Boberts against the Baltimore & Ohio Bailroad Company, á corporation. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PORRENBARGER, PRESIDENT-.
On appeal from a judgment of a justice, the plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment for damages for the alleged negligent destruction of his hay baler and injury to other property, on a highway crossing over the defendant’s railroad. The crossing being out of repair, the baler caught on one of the rails of the track, as it was being driven across the same, and, before it could be detached, one of the defendant’s engines struck it and destroyed it together with some other property connected with or attached to it, and injured and damaged the plaintiff’s horses and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. BakerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
- Moore v. HuntingtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1888
- Campbell v. City of ElkinsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- Shriver v. County Court of Marion CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
- Anderson v. Kanawha Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Taylor v. City of HuntingtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1944
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- O'Dell v. Universal Credit Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1937
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