Chadister v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Harrison County. Action by Joseph Chadister against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, President:
Three horses of a team of six, in charge of three teamsters, were killed by a passenger locomotive of defendant westward-bound from Grafton, at a public crossing called Des - pard Mine Crossing, in Harrison county, August 30, 1904. Just a few moments before, at another crossing west of the Despard Crossing, these teamsters were warned by a watchman of their danger from the passenger train then about, due. After making the first crossing, a west-bound freight-train was noticed, but mistaken by the teamsters for the train against which they had just been warned.
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