Turk v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, McDowell County. Action by Morris Turk against the Norfolk & Western Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MilleR, Judge :
Action by plaintiff for injuries sustained while a passenger on defendant’s railway, in consequence of an alleged unlawful assault.upon him by defendant’s servants and his unlawful arrest and removal by them from the railway ears, and imprisonment in a certain lockup or prison.
On the trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $500.00 compensatory damages, and $1,000.00 punitive damages, and the aggregate verdict of $1,500.00, and on which the court pronounced the judgment complained of on this writ of error.
The first point of error is that the declaration is bad on…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Dwinelle v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. MillerIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
- Gillingham v. Ohio River RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
- Layne v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Claiborne v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
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