Legal Opinion

Frank v. Monongahela Valley Traction Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1914PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Marion County. Action by Joe Frank against the Monongaliela Valley Traction Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Lynch, Judge:

On writ of error, defendant assigns as erroneous the admission of evidence and the giving of instructions on behalf of plaintiff, and the rejection of evidence offered by it.

As to rulings on evidence, we thing no error was committed. Frank was recalled as a witness, in rebuttal, to deny the testimony introduced by defendant strongly tending to show use by him of vulgar, profane and indecent language and violent and disorderly conduct, warranting ejection as a passenger from the car operated by defendant on its line of railroad from Fairmont to Clarksburg. He did deny the language…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Washington v. B. & O. R. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1880
  2. Sheppard v. Peabody Ins.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Mylius v. Raine-Andrew Lumber Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Cobb v. DunlevieWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Snyder v. P., C. & St. L. Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1877

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Hartley v. CredeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Hartley v. CredeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Matthews v. Cumberland & Allegheny Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
  4. State v. CollinsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1971
  5. Thrasher v. Amere Gas Utilities Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1953

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