Legal Opinion

Bartlett v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided May 6, 1919PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error to Gi rcuit Court, Lewis County. Action by R. B. Bartlett against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Rite, Judge :

The defendant railroad company, by this writ of error, seeks reversal of a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for damages for an injury received by him while a passenger on one of its trains.

The plaintiff became a passenger on one of defendant company’s trains at its station at Burnsville, his destination being another station named Arnold, in the county of Lewis. ' He states that when he got on the train at Burnsville he went into a ear ir. whieh there were no passengers, and that when the next station was reached, while the train was stopped'at that point, he removed to the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Union Trust Co. v. McClellanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  2. East Line & Red River Railway Co. v. RushingTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Nance v. Carolina Central RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
  4. Vandervort v. FouseWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Kennedy v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1911

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Tracy v. CottrellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Committee On Legal Ethics of West Virginia State Bar v. PietrantonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1957
  3. Sandy K. Hayes v. Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority, a political subdivision and John Doe bus driver, an employee of Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation AuthorityWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2024

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