Huff v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Action by William Huff against Chesapeake & Ohio Bailway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
William C. Huff brought an action in the circuit court of Kanawha County against the Chesapeake and Ohio Bailway Company, and upon a demurrer by the defendant to the plain*46tiffs evidence, judgment was given, for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.
Huff was at Montgomery, and walked down the track from that point to Handle3r, in company with two other persons. They were in what is called the “yard” of the railroad company at Handley, where there were numerous railroad tracks, and where numerous trains passed east and west on that great railroad, and there was a shifting…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Brown's Admr. v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
- Spicer v. Chesapeake & O. R'y Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
- Nuzum v. Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1887
- Bancroft v. Boston & Worcester RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- N. & W. R. R. v. Harman's AdministratorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
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- Bralley v. Norfolk & Western Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Barron v. B. & O. RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1935
- Smith v. Sunday Creek Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- Payne v. Virginian Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1948
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