Talbott v. Payne
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Greenbrier County. Action by L. H. Talbott against J. B. Payne, Director General of Railroads, Agent. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
The defendant, the Director Geineral of Railroads, by this writ of error seeks reversal of a judgment against him for the value of certain live stock which, it is claimed by the plaintiff, died while being transported over the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad as a result of the negligence and carelessness of the carrier.
About the first of October, 1919, the plaintiff ordered a stock car for a shipment of hogs from Ft. Spring, West Virginia, to Baltimore, Maryland. Pursuant to this order the defendant placed a car upon the tracks at Ft. Spring. The hogs for shipment were gathered by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Maslin v. B. & O. R. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
3Cited by6 opinions
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- A. F. Thompson Mfg. Co. v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1923
- Forkner v. Louisville Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
- Geyer v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1933
- Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co. v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
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