Culp v. Virginian Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mercer County. Action by Abbie Culp, administratrix, etc., against the Virginian Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
In an action founded on the act of Congress relating to the liability of common carriers by railway to their employees in certain cases, plaintiff, as personal representative, obtained a verdict and judgment against defendant for thirteen -thousand dollars, damages for the death of her husband by the alleged wrongful act of defendant, to which judgment defendant sued out of this court the present writ of error.
In the court below the demurrer to the declaration was applied to all three counts thereof, but recovery was limited by the proof and insfructions given to the jury to the…
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- North Carolina Railroad v. ZacharySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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