George v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mercer County. Action by C. C. George against the Norfolk & Western Railway Company and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and •defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, PRESIDENT:
Upon this writ of error, the second one granted defendants, the opinion in the first of which being reported in 88 S. E. 1036, we are called upon to determine the correctness of the only instruction given for plaintiff, the refusal to give any of the eight instructions requested by defendants except numbers five and six, and the alleged excessiveness of the damages returned by the jury.
Apparently, the main objection urged against the instruction given for plaintiff is that it deprived the jury of the right to determine the question of liability, upon evidence which defendants…
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