Mott v. Davis
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mineral County. Action by Mary R. Harness, administratrix of- the estate of C. E. Harness, deceased, against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, in which L. 0. Mott, as administrator,, was substituted for the plaintiff and James Davis, Agent, etc., was substituted for the defendant Walker D. Hines and for the Railroad Company..
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Error to Circuit Court, Mineral County. Action by Mary R. Harness, administratrix of- the estate of C. E. Harness, deceased, against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, in which L. 0. Mott, as administrator,, was substituted for the plaintiff and James Davis, Agent, etc., was substituted for the defendant Walker D. Hines and for the Railroad Company.. Verdict of not guilty and judgment of nil capiat against the plaintiff and the plaintiff brings error,
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
The.case on the present.hearing is substantially the same *617as to pleadings and proofs as when presented on a former writ of error, then styled Mary R. Harness, Adm’x. v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Company et al., reported in 86 W. Va. 284. On the last trial in the circuit court the name of the present plaintiff was substituted for that of Mary R. Harness, Administratrix, and the name of the present defendant for that of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company et al., due to the change in the director general or agent designated by the President pursuant to the Transportation Act of…
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