Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Johnson

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

In this action by Mrs. W. M. Johnson against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company to recover for personal injuries, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,000. The defendant appeals.

On the Marrowbone branch of the Big Sandy division of the railroad there is a bridge over Marrowbone creek. This bridge, including the approaches at each end, is about 90 feet in length. On the occasion of the accident appellee was traveling from Wolfpit, a coal town on appellant’s road, to her home on Harless creek. When about halfway across the…