Layne v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Action by J. C. Layne, administrator against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Poffenbarger, Judge:
J. C. Lane, administrator of the estate of Robert A. Lane, deceased, recovered a judgment against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Company, in the circuit court of Kanawha County, for the sum of $8,000.00, the declaration being predicated on the wrongful death of the deceased, caused by the defendant.
The bills of exception having been taken within thirty days after the adjournment of the term at which the judgment was rendered, pursuant to an order allowing the statutory period for obtaining the same, but, at special terms subsequently held within said period and not in the…
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