McKain v. Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Marion Count)'-. Action by Charles J. McKain against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Companjr. There was a verdict for plaint iff, and, from an order setting the same aside and granting a new trial, he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Poffenbarger Judge:
Charles J. McKain complains of an order, made b)1- the circuit court of Marion county, setting aside a verdict in his favor for $300.00 and awarding the defendant, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Gompany, a new trial in the case. The action is for damages for false arrest. and imprisonment and assault and battery, alleged to have been committed by the defendant through its agents, and refusal to carry and transport the plaintiff, as it had contracted to do by selling him a ticket. The arrest was predicated on an alleged assault, committeed, at the Fairmont station of the…
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