Ballard v. Chesapeake & O. R'y Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited Acts 1870, e. 3, s. 4; Code c. 123, s. 1; 33 W. Va.135; Code c. 125, ss. 44, 47; 4 Min. lust. Pt. 1, pp. 591, 645, 646,647; 26 W. Va. 379; 8 W. Va. 216; 11 W. Va. 276; 12 W. Va. 297; 30 W. Va. 296; 2 Tuck. Com. s. p. 211; 5 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 464, 496; Iiil. New Trials, 553, 554; 1 Graham & Water. New Trials, 77, 78, 79; 6 Munf. 267; 8 Leigh, 109; 34 W. Va. 62; 41 W. Va. 550; 41 Cal. 17; 62 Iud. 352; 4 Wis. 45; 6 Wend. 514; 5 N. H. 531; 29 Eng.
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cited Acts 1870, e. 3, s. 4; Code c. 123, s. 1; 33 W. Va.135; Code c. 125, ss. 44, 47; 4 Min. lust. Pt. 1, pp. 591, 645, 646,647; 26 W. Va. 379; 8 W. Va. 216; 11 W. Va. 276; 12 W. Va. 297; 30 W. Va. 296; 2 Tuck. Com. s. p. 211; 5 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 464, 496; Iiil. New Trials, 553, 554; 1 Graham & Water. New Trials, 77, 78, 79; 6 Munf. 267; 8 Leigh, 109; 34 W. Va. 62; 41 W. Va. 550; 41 Cal. 17; 62 Iud. 352; 4 Wis. 45; 6 Wend. 514; 5 N. H. 531; 29 Eng. L. & E. 306; 106 N. C. 267; 4 Eng. Eepts. 354; 58 Tex. 405; 53 Wis. 169; 87 N. C. 497; 65 N. C. 76; 29 Iowa, 510; 47 Minn. 428; 19 Wis. 525;…
1Opinion of the Court
English, Judge:
On the 2d day of June, 1893, David Ballard was in charge of some stock on a train belonging to the defendant company, westward bound. When near MeachonTs river, in the county of Albemarle, in the state of Virginia, the freight train on which said Ballard was riding stopped to allow the fast passenger train going east to pass, and while the freight train was standing at said point waiting for the passage of the other train the said David Ballard *3and several of the trainmen went across the track of the railway to pick some berries. In a short time after they had gone across the…
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