Legal Opinion

Kennedy v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 7, 1911PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, .Fayette County. Action by Elizabeth Kennedy against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Judgment ior plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

'Miller, Judge :

Plaintiff sued defendant on account of personal injuries, alleged to have been sustained by her in October, 1906, while a passenger from Powellton to Mt. Carbon. On the trial she recovered a verdict and judgment for $400.00, to which judgment a writ of error was awarded by this Court on petition of the defendant company.

The train on which plaintiff was a passenger consisted of an engine, tender, two -coaches for passengers, and three or four freight cars, such, as the evidence shows, was- run on the branch line on which the accident occurred. We do not under- ' stand counsel…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. HorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Talbott v. West Virginia C. & P. R'y Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Kniceley v. West Virginia Midland RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Trice v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Hanley v. W. Va. C. & P. Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1906

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. v. FoxWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
  2. Abdulla v. Pittsburgh and Weirton Bus Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Brogan v. Union Traction Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Shipley v. Virginian Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1920
  5. Perkins v. Monongahela Valley Traction Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1918

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