Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Rowland

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

This is a personal injury action in which plaintiff, Mary Rowland, recovered of the defendant, the Chesa*279peake & Ohio Railway Company, a verdict and judgment for $1,100.00. The railway company appeals.

The accident occurred on July 20,1917, in the town of Whitehouse. It was necessary for plaintiff to cross defendant’s track in order to reach a store where she intended to make some purchases. While she was standing in the public highway and near the track, and waiting for a fast freight train to pass, a lump of coal fell from one…