Ewing v. Coal & Coke Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Action by Osear V. Ewing against the Coal & Coke Eailway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, J udge :
Plaintiff, an “extra” brakeman employed by the Coal & Coke Eailway Company, a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, though its line of railroad is wholly within this state, sued the defendant and recovered judgment for an injury received on the night of November 12-13, 1915, while engaged in switching an empty gondola coal car, the property of the Kanawha & Michigan Eailway Company, from the Charleston yards of the defendant to the interchange track of the defendant and the Kanawha & Michigan Eail-way Company. The car was delivered empty to defendant on or about…
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