Legal Opinion
Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. Needham
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1917No. 1510PublishedCited by 6 opinions
In Error to the-District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston; Benjamin E. Keller, Judge. Action by Abigail Needham against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
In the brief of counsel for defendant in error, plaintiff below, the material facts are recited as follows:
“On September 3, 1910, Mrs. Needham and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Jackson, boarded the defendant’s passenger train No. 3 at White Sulphur to travel to Charleston. They entered the train at the front end of the Richmond sleeper in charge of Conductor Rogers, and sat down on one of the seats of section 2, facing in the direction of the engine. Before the train reached Ronceverte, Mrs. Needham went from the sleeper to the dining car to get breakfast. While she was absent,…
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