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Wilhelm v. Parkersburg, Marietta & Interurban Railway Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1914PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Wood County. Action by Elizabeth C. Wilhelm against the Parkersburg, Marietta & Interurban Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

LyNch, Judge:

The plaintiff and her husband were, at the time of the injury for which she brought this action, pasengers ón a street car line operated by the defendant company. They occupied the same seat, she that part next to the aisle. To facilitate the ejection of the husband, who, it said, was intoxicated and disorderly, the conductor removed or endeavored to remove plaintiff to another seat in the car. Whether he thereby inflicted any injury, or whether his treatment of plaintiff was unnecessarily forcible and violent, are questions as to which the evidence is in irreconciliable…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Gillingham v. Ohio River RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Parker v. National Mutual Building & Loan Ass'nWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Pennington v. GillaspieWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Ricketts v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Delmar Oil Co. v. BartlettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hains v. Parkersburg &c. Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Frank v. Monongahela Valley Traction Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Trippett v. Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1925
  4. Lively v. Virginian Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Bass v. Coltelli-RoseWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2000

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