Watts v. Ohio Valley Electric Ry. Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Action under the Workmen's Compensation Act by Willard Watts against tbe Ohio Valley Electric Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, President:
Plaintiff, a motorman on one of defendant’s cars in the city of Huntington, was injured on the night of June 11, 1914, by colliding with another car being operated by another motorman on the same line. In an action for damages he recovered a judgment against defendant for $3,000, and it seeks reversal on writ of error.
The overruling of defendant’s demurrer to the declaration is the first assignment of error. Counsel insist that the declaration does not allege a cause of action against defendant; that it fails to aver that it has not provided reasonably safe and suitable…
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