Harness v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court. Mineral County. Action by Mary R. Harness, administratrix, against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and Walter D. Hines, Director General oí Railroads. Defendant railroad dismissed on its plea and motion and judgment for defendant. Hines on a directed verdict, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:
To recover damages for the death of her husband, Charles E. Harness, caused, according to the averment of the declaration, by the negligence of the defendants, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and Walker 'D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, the plaintiff, widow and administratrix of decedent, brought this action, and at the trial the jury at the direction of the court found for the defendant Hines, the railroad company having, in the meantime, been dismissed from the action on its plea and motion. Plaintiff has brought the case here for review, and has assigned numerous…
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