St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Leftwich
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for damages for a personal injury, and it resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff.
The chief, if not the only, reason why this judgment is assailed by counsel for the railway company, is that, in their opinion, the court below should have instructed the jury as a matter of law that the plain-' tiff, Eeftwich, was guilty of contributory negligence which barred his right to a recovery of the damages he claimed. At the time the injury was inflicted, Leftwich was a young man about 29 years of age. He had served as a switchman and as a bralceman. On the…
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