Jones v. Hines
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mercer County. Action by G. W. Jones aganst Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
In tbis case, brought to recover for the alleged negligent killing of two cows by coming into collision with a train operated by the defendant over the line of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company, the plaintiff obtained judgment in the circuit court for the value of both of the animals, amounting to the sum of $180.00, to review which this writ of error is prosecuted.
The plaintiff lived upon a farm just east of the City of Bluefield owned by one W. F. Beckett. The Norfolk and Western Railway Company runs through this farm dividing it into two parts. The residence occupied by…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. Hansbrough's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
- Berkeley v. Oil Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
- Riedel v. Wheeling Traction Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
- Smith's Administrator v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1908
- Stokes' Administratrix v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1906
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