Legal Opinion
Looney v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided June 1, 1926No. 5583PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This action was instituted by plaintiff for the wrongful death of her husband, George Oscar Looney, under section 8069 Barnes' Federal Code, 35 Stat. 65, for the benefit of herself as his surviving widow and their two infant children, George Oscar Looney, Jr., and Irwin Wilson Looney, aged respectively five and two years, laying the damages at $100,000.00.
On the trial, on a plea of not guilty, the jury returned a verdict for $53,750.00, upon which the circuit court pronounced the judgement now before us for review. After verdict, defendant moved the court to set it aside and award it a new…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. CraftSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. De AtleySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. McGinnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. EarnestSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Jordan v. BeroWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1974
- Poe v. PittmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1965
- Hubbard v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1932
- Raines v. FaulknerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
- Nees v. Julian Goldman Stores, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1930
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