Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Co. v. Mollett

Opinion op the Court by

Judge McOandless

Reversing.

Mrs. Rachel Mollett and Miss Pearl Daniels brought separate actions against the 0. & O. R. R. Co. for personal injuries. The cases were tried and heard before the same jury, which returned separate verdicts, awarding $1,000.00 in damages to the former and $500.00 to the latter. From judgments entered in conformity to those verdicts a separate appeal is prosecuted in each case.

It is substantially claimed by the plaintiffs that they purchased tickets in the city of'Paintsville and boarded a train of the C. & O. R. R. 'Co., en route to Offutt, a…