Linkous v. Virginian Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of’the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke; Henry Clay McDowell, Judge. Action by Daisy M. Einkous, administratrix of J. M. Einkous, deceased, against the Virginian Railway Company. Judgment for defendant on a directed verdict, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCPIARD, Circuit Judge.
This case was brought here by writ of error at the November term, 1915; the lower court having rendered judgment based on a verdict of the jury in favor of the plaintiff below. This court reversed the judgment, holding that the lower court, upon the whole evidence, should have directed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant. A new trial was granted, and the case was remanded to the court below for further proceed-, ings. The case was heard upon the same evidence as that of the former trial. The learned judge directed a verdict in favor of the…
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