Legal Opinion

Farnsworth v. B. & O. R. R.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 13, 1886PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Snyder, Judge:

Both of these cases were brought against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, before different justices of 'Wood county, the first by J. J. Farnsworth for $60.00 damages for negligently killing two cows of the plaintiff by the defendant, and the second by Rhoda Sutton for $100.00 damages for negligently killing two cows of the plaintiff by the defendant. Each case was tried by a jury before the justice and a verdict-rendered in the first for $60.00 and for the same amount in the second case. On these respective verdicts judgments were entered by the justices for the amounts…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dryden v. SwinburnWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1879
  2. Poe v. Machine WorksWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Cunningham v. SquiresWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1868
  4. Board of Education of Sherman District v. HopkinsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Fouse v. VandervortWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Kennedy v. HoltWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Cushwa v. LamarWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Wilson v. West Virginia Cent. & Pitts. R'y Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1893

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