Gray v. Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, McDowell County. Action by B. Hampton Gray, administrator, etc., against tbe Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
This is an action on the case for the alleged wrongful death of Chester Cook, a boy seventeen years of-age, while employed in defendant’s coalmine, in McDowell County.
On the trial, after the plaintiff had introduced his evidence, the court, on motion of the defendant, struck out all of the plaintiff’s evidence, and directed a verdict for defendant, which was accordingly returned by the jury, and from the judgment of nil capiat thereon plaintiff brings error.
*312The only question presented for decision, therefore, is, was .the plaintiff’s evidence sufficient to carry the ease to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jaggie v. Davis Colliery Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- Griffith v. American Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
- Crockett v. Black Wolf C. & C. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- Crockett v. Keystone Coal & Coke Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
3Cited by1 opinion
- Allen v. LingerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916