Legal Opinion

Williams v. Main Island Creek Coal Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 25, 1919PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Logan County. Action by A. A. Williams against tbe Main Island Creek Coal Company, the County Court of Logan County, and others. Verdict- and judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Lynch, Jtjdgis :

Denied the right to submit to a jury upon the proof introduced the question of defendant’s liability for a personal injury caused by the skidding and upsetting of an automobile driven by him. over and along the public road between Logan -and Omar, and complaining of a nil capiat judgment upon the exclusion of the proof and a directed verdict, the plaintiff prosecutes this writ to reverse the action taken in these •respects.'

The defendants here and below are the county court of Logan County and the Main Island Creek Coal Company, a ■corporation, and its agents and employes. The…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Yeager v. City of BluefieldWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Boyland v. City of ParkersburgWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Talbott v. KingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Warth v. County Court of Jackson CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Campbell v. City of ElkinsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Taylor v. City of HuntingtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Costello v. City of WheelingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1960
  3. Carder v. City of ClarksburgWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1926
  4. Parsons v. County Court of Roane CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Ryan v. County Court of Monongalia CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1920

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