Legal Opinion

Styles v. C. & O. Ry. Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 19, 1907PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Fayette \County. Action by Samuel H. Styles against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

McWhorter, Judge:

This was an action in case brought in the circuit court of Fayette county by Samuel H. Styles against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company, a corporation, to recover damages from said company by reason of its failure to carry and transport the plaintiff from Glenjean station on a branch of its said road to Thurmond another station, and for personal injuries to the said plaintiff caused by ejecting him from a freight train of the said defendant while said train was in motion, the plaintiff having purchased a ticket at the said Glenjean station to the'said station at Thurmond…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pegram v. StortzWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Trice v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Bosley v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
  4. State v. CottrillWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Boster v. Ches. & Ohio R'y Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1892

1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. HarlowWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1952
  2. State v. JohnsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1930
  3. Truckers' Manufacturing & Supply Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
  4. Henshaw v. Globe & Rutgers Fire Ins.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1930
  5. State v. HarlowWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1952

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API