Farnsworth v. B. & O. R. R.
West Virginia Supreme Court
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…
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