Bond v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Doddridge County. Action by Benjamin Bond against the Baltimofe & Ohio Railroad Company.' Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, PRESIDENT :
Whether a person injured in rescuing another from danger occasioned by the negligence of the defendant, is precluded from right of recovery by his knowledge of the danger incident to his attempt to effect the rescue, is an inquiry raised on this writ of error to a judgment for $500.00 in favor of a person bearing such relations to the defendant and a third party, one Doris Smith. Other grounds relied upon for reversal are denial of proof of negligence and alleged errors in rulings upon instructions.
While Doris Smith, was leisurely crossing a side-track and the main…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Eckert v. . the Long Island Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Washington v. B. & O. R. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1880
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. OrrSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Linnehan v. SampsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Gibney v. . StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
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