Shipley v. County Court of Jefferson County
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Jefferson County. Action by Fonrose Shipley, Administrator, etc., against the County Court of Jefferson County. On a demurrer to the evi-deuce tlie jury rendered a conditional verdict for plaintiff, and, the court having sustained the demurrer and dismissed the action, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEBNBARGER, PRESIDENT:
On a demurrer to the evidence in this case, the jury rendered! a conditional verdict of $2,000.00 for the plaintiff, and, the court having sustained the demurrer and dismissed the action,, the plaintiff obtained a writ of error to the judgment.
The action has for its purpose recovery of damages for the' wrongful death of the plaintiff’s decedent, occasioned by the' breaking and falling of a highway bridge, under the weight, of a traction engine and stone crusher while passing over it, on. which the deceased was, at the time, riding. .
As the decedent, at the time of his…
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