Legal Opinion
Crab Orchard Improvement Co. v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1940No. 4686PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOBIE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the final judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, dismissing the plaintiff’s action to recover from the defendant the amount which plaintiff had been compelled to pay to the West Virginia Workmen’s Compensation Fund as a consequence of the defendant’s allegedly wrongful act. Crab Orchard Improvement Co. v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co., 33 F.Supp. 580.
Appellant, Crab Orchard Improvement Company (plaintiff in the original action), operated a coal mine at Eccles, West Virginia. Appellee, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company…
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