Schoonover v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Action by Clifford Schoonover against the Baltimore & Ohio-Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE :
In an action of trespass on the ease, brought by Clifford Schoonover, against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, in the circuit court of Cabell county, for the recovery of damages for a personal injury, alleged to have been wrought by the negligence of the defendant, there was a demurrer to the evidence of the plaintiff which the court sustained, after a conditional verdict had been found by the jury, assessing the damages at the sum of $3,000.00. Agreeably to the finding of the court upon the law of the case, an order was entered, sustaining the demurrer and giving…
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- Washington v. B. & O. R. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1880
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- Swift v. . Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Baltimore City Passenger Railway Co. v. McDonnell ex rel. McDonnellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876
- Fenton v. . Second Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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