Morgan v. Ohio River R.
West Virginia Supreme Court
I. — Appearance of defendant cures all defects in writ and irregularities in process. — 3 Cr. 496; 18 Wall. 298; 15 W. Va. 609; 80 W. Va. 18, 19; 16 W. Va. 109; 3 W. Va. 386; 1 Wash. 153; 13 How. 150 ; 3 Pet. 459 ; 8 Wheat. 699 ; 4 Crane 428 ; 16 Gratt. 410; 25 W. Va. 692. II. — Injury does not constitute prima facie presumption of negligence. — 25 W. Va. 571; 35 W. Va. 562 ; 9 West C. Rep. 112; 27 Vt. 643; 16 Ill. 198 ; 39 Ill. 451; 40 la. 347 ; 14 Ind. 30 ; 42 Miss. 603 ;…
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I. — Appearance of defendant cures all defects in writ and irregularities in process. — 3 Cr. 496; 18 Wall. 298; 15 W. Va. 609; 80 W. Va. 18, 19; 16 W. Va. 109; 3 W. Va. 386; 1 Wash. 153; 13 How. 150 ; 3 Pet. 459 ; 8 Wheat. 699 ; 4 Crane 428 ; 16 Gratt. 410; 25 W. Va. 692. II. — Injury does not constitute prima facie presumption of negligence. — 25 W. Va. 571; 35 W. Va. 562 ; 9 West C. Rep. 112; 27 Vt. 643; 16 Ill. 198 ; 39 Ill. 451; 40 la. 347 ; 14 Ind. 30 ; 42 Miss. 603 ; 50 Miss. 572 ; 35 Mich. 507 ; 35 Mo. 309 ; 4 Jones L. 432; 8 Nev. Ill; 35 la. 191; 78 Ky. 421: 26 Minn. 434; 39 Ark.…
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, President :
James B. Morgan recovered a judgment for money against the Ohio River Railroad Company upon the verdict *19of a jury before a justice, and the company obtained a writ of certiorari from the Circuit Court of Jackson county to reverse said judgment for error; and the Circuit Court did reverse it, and set aside the verdict, and granted a new trial, and retained the cause for re-trial. At a subsequent term the Circuit Court set aside its former order reversing the judgment and verdict, and dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently awarded, because, when it was applied…
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