Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Stapleton

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll —

'Affirming.

The appellee, Stapleton, while engaged as a laborer for the appellant railway company, received personal injuries, and in this suit to. recover damages he had a judgment for $650. A reversal is asked for alleged error in the admission and rejection, of evidence and in giving and refusing instructions, because the verdict is excessive, and for misconduct of counsel for appellee in the argument of the case, and failure of the trial court to grant a continuance.

The facts are substantially these. The railway company was engaged in ballasting .its…