Watkins v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Lovins, Judge:

Claiming damages for personal injuries and partial destruction of his automobile, Edward Watkins instituted this action in the Circuit Court of Preston County against The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and The Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad Company, corporations.

The declaration contains two counts. The first count charges that defendants were primarily negligent in that they operated their locomotive at a dangerous and high rate of speed over the crossing where the accident occurred; that they failed to keep a lookout for persons using said crossing; that they failed to…