Riley v. W. Va. Cent. & P. Railway Co.

SNYDER, Judge:

Action of trespass on the case brought February 16, 1883, in the circuit court of Mineral county by James H. Riley, a minor eighteen years of age, by his next friend against The West, Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railroad Company, for injuries to the plaintiff while acting as a brakeman on a train of the defendant. The case was tried by jury and a verdict returned in favor of the plaintiff for $3,500.00. The defendant moved the court to set aside the verdict and grant it a new trial, which motion the court overruled and on January 21, 1884, rendered judgment for the plaintiff…