Hoyleman v. K. & O. R'y Co.

English, Judge :

This was an action brought before a justice of the peace of Putnam county, by James Hoyleman and John L. Porter, against the Kanawha & Ohio Railway Company, on the *49018th day of June, 1888, which was tried twice before the justice. On the first trial it was submitted to a jury, which resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs. This judgment was set aside, and a new trial awarded; and on the second trial the justice found for the plaintiffs, and gave judgment in their favor. From this judgment an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of said county, which was tried at…