Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Vanhoose

Opinion op the -Court by

Judge Clarke

Reversing.

This is an appeal by the defendants, C. & 0. Railway Company and its trainmaster, W. A. Mordica, from a judgment for $12,500.00 rendered against them in favor of the plaintiff, Vanhoose, a freight conductor, for the loss of a leg.

Hon. J. E. Childers, one of the plaintiff’s attorneys, having been elected and qualified as judge of the district before the case came on for trial, was disqualified to try it, and it was tried by a special judge appointed for the purpose by the Governor. The special judge overruled defendants’ motion for a new trial, and…