Crusenberry v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

Caplan, President:

This is a proceeding on a motion to reinstate an appeal which had been granted by this Court and subsequently dismissed as improvidently awarded.

In a civil action instituted in the Circuit Court of McDowell County a trial before a jury resulted in a verdict in the amount of $15,000.00 in favor of the plaintiff, Grace Crusenberry, and a verdict in favor of Orland D. Van Dyke, on his cross-bill, in the sum of $5,000.00. After a motion to set aside the verdicts and to award a new trial was considered, the court overruled the motion and entered a final order. An appeal sought by…