Sturgill v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

— Affiming.

Plaintiff, a passenger on defendant’s passenger train No. 38, sought damages for being carried beyond his destination. The defense was that the train upon which he was riding was not scheduled to stop at that place. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, a directed verdict was returned in favor of defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

Defendant operates a line of railroad from Ashland to Pikeville, and a branch line connecting therewith at Allen and running, up Beaver Creek. Plaintiff lived at Tram, a small station six miles north of Allen and about…