Ray v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Action A. S. Eay, administrator of Annie S. Ray, against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, PRESIDENT:
Annie S. Ray, a child of ten years, was struck and killed by a train of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad while she was crossing the railroad tracks at a ' street crossing in the town of Milton, and her administrator brought an action in the circuit court of Cabell' county against the railroad company, and recovered a verdict and judgment for $2,-900.00 damages.
The company assigns it as error that the demurrer to the declaration was not sustained. The only question which is here worth considering, or is relied upon by counsel, arises on two of the four counts. It is urged…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Swift v. . Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Fox v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
- Ricketts v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
- Hast v. Railroad Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
- Bloyd v. PollockWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Gilkerson v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1946
- Daugherty v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1951
- Kelley v. Railroad Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- Gunter's Adm'r v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1920
- Barron v. B. & O. RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1935
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