Landers v. Ohio River R.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mason County. Action by John Landers, by his next friend, William H. Landers, against the Ohio River Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McWhorter, Judge:
This -was an action for damages for personal injuries to John Landers, an infant, who sued in the Circuit Court of Mason County by William H. Landers, his next friend, against the Ohio River Railroad Company, in which he laid his damages at twenty thousand dollars. The case was tried at a special term of said court, held in November, 1895, and a verdict was rendered for plaintiff for eight hundred dollars, upon which judgment was rendered on the 7th day of December, 1895. The declaration contained four-counts, to which, and to each count, defendant demurred, which demurrers…
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