Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Laney

Opinion op the Court by

William Rogers Clay^ Commissioner

— Reversing'.

■ In this action for damages for personal injuries, brought by plaintiff, Bob Laney, against the Chesapeake &Ohio Railway Company, plaintiff obtained a verdict and judgment for $200. The railway company appeals.

There is not much contrariety in the evidence. It appears that on August 8, 1911, A. J. Rittenberry was the foreman in charge of a section crew consisting of plaintiff and two other laborers. They were returning from their work on one of the company’s hand cars. When they reached Gfallop Station, in Lawrence County,…