Norfolk & W. Ry. Co. v. Beckett
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Bluefield.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
This is an action brought for the recovery of damages on account of personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff below, James H. Beckett, resulting in the loss of a leg while employed by the defendant below, the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, as a freight conductor. The case was tried at October term, 190,7, of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Bluefield, and a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff below for the sum of $10,000. The defendant in error had been running over that part "of the road where he…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. SwearingenSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Riley v. W. Va. Cent. & P. Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
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