Carrico v. West Virginia Cent. & P. R'y Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
I. — On competency of testimony of John Coniff. — 1 Greenl. Ev. (Redfield’s Ed.) § 165; Code, p. 1062, last part of sec. 3 of Act relating to Stenographers. II.— On instruction No. 8, for plaintiff. — 35 W. Ya. 390, 402, 403. III. — On instruction No. 12. — 35 W. Ya. 400, 402. IY. — On right and duty of Court to set aside ver did. — 23 W. Ya. 229, 236; 12 W. Ya. 116. I. — Admissibility of evidence. — 34 Md. 204,. 216 ; Abb. Trial Ev. p. 594, § 32; 30 ÜST. Y. 370 ; Abb. Ot.
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I. — On competency of testimony of John Coniff. — 1 Greenl. Ev. (Redfield’s Ed.) § 165; Code, p. 1062, last part of sec. 3 of Act relating to Stenographers. II.— On instruction No. 8, for plaintiff. — 35 W. Ya. 390, 402, 403. III. — On instruction No. 12. — 35 W. Ya. 400, 402. IY. — On right and duty of Court to set aside ver did. — 23 W. Ya. 229, 236; 12 W. Ya. 116. I. — Admissibility of evidence. — 34 Md. 204,. 216 ; Abb. Trial Ev. p. 594, § 32; 30 ÜST. Y. 370 ; Abb. Ot. App. Dec. 451; 1 Greenl. § 165 and notes, § 166; Code, p. 1062, s. 3. II. — On setting aside verdict and granting new…
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, PRESIDENT :
This case has been once before in this Court, 35 W. Va. 389 (14 S. E. Rep. 12). The action was to recover damages for injury to the arm of the plaintiff caused by the collision of the coach in which the plaintiff' was a passenger with a pile of rock near the track. The plaintiff' recovered a verdict and judgment for nine thousand dollars and the railroad company has brought the case to this Court on writ of error.
Question 1. Did the court err in allowing the plaintiff'to unclothe and exhibit to the jury the shoulder from which the arm had been severed by amputation ?…
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