Legal Opinion

Young v. West Virginia & P. R.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 4, 1897PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Harrison County. Suit by Lavernia E. Young-, as administratrix of the estate of E. L. Young-, deceased, against the West Virginia & Pittsburg Railroad Company, to recover damages. Plaintiff had judgment, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Dent, Judge:

The West Virginia & Pittsburg Railroad Company obtained a writ of error to the judgment of the circuit court *219of Harrison county confirming the judgment of a justice of the peace in favor of Lavernia E. Young, administratrix, for the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars. The only error relied on is that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the law and the evidence. The plaintiff’s intestate and his horse were killed, and his buggy was badly damaged, at a crossing in the county of Harrison, a few miles from Clarks-burg. This suit was to recover the damages occasioned by the loss…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sisler v. ShafferWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Akers v. De WittWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Torbett v. Wheeling Dollar Savings & Trust Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Coalmer v. BarrettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Cavendish v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1924
  4. Weaver v. AkinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1900
  5. State v. HillWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902

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