Hocking Valley Ry. Co. v. Wykle

The grounds of claimed error prejudicial to the rights of the plaintiff in error are as follows: (1) Refusal of the trial court to give to the jury before argument the instructions requested; (2) error in permitting certain witnesses to state that they could have heard the whistle or bell had the same been sounded; and (3) error in the general charge.

The first requested instruction which the coqrt re fused to give, presenting the same in their logical order, was the request for a directed verdict in favor of the defendant. This requested instruction, just as did the motion theretofore made at…