Barnett v. Coal & Coke Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Braxton County. Action by J. W. Barnett, administrator of Homer L. Keener, deceased, against the Coal & Coke Railway Company, Judgment for defendant upon a directed verdict, motion to set aside verdict and grant a new trial overruled, and plaintiff brings error.,
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
J. W. Barnett, administrator of Homer L.- Keener, deceased, brought this action against the Coal & Coke Railway company to recover damages on account of the death of deceased, alleged to have been caused by its negligence. After all the evidence had been introduced the court, on motion of defendant, directed the jury to find a verdict for it, over the plaintiff’s objection, and later overruled his motion to set *253aside the verdict and grant him a new trial, and entered judgment. The court’s rulings on these motions constitute the principal errors assigned.
The action is brought…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. HarringtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. YurkonisSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Geo. Pacific Railway Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Ferren v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
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