Laney v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

This appeal is from a judgment on a verdict in favor of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Reversal is urged upon the ground the court should have instructed the jury that it was the duty of the Company’s agents to assist passengers in alighting from the train. On the other hand, the Company points out that the appellant offered no instruction on this theory of the case, nor was it the basis of the charge of negligence in the petition.

Mrs. Golda Laney said that the injuries herein complained of were sustained as the result of a fall she…