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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RY. CO. v. HOWARD

No. 247.

178 U.S. 153 (1900)

20 S.Ct. 880

44 L.Ed. 1015

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. HOWARD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1900.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leigh Robinson for plaintiff in error.

Mr. R. Ross Perry for defendants in error. Mr. James Francis Smith and Mr. R. Ross Perry, Jr., were with him on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the above facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

The injuries sustained by Mrs. Howard, as shown by the evidence, are very serious, and undoubtedly permanent. The accident happened at night, the car in which she was sleeping left the rail and went over an embankment about thirty feet high, and was broken to pieces. She was released from the car and taken to a cottage by the wayside,...

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