Adams v. Corvallis & E. R. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Linn: Percy R. Kelly, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action by George O. Adams against the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Company, for damages for personal injuries claimed to have been received by plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant company. The cause was tried before a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $4,000, from which judgment defendant appeals.
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From Linn: Percy R. Kelly, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action by George O. Adams against the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Company, for damages for personal injuries claimed to have been received by plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant company. The cause was tried before a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $4,000, from which judgment defendant appeals. On April 25, 1913, plaintiff and one Clyde Freeman were employed by the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Company in its car-shops at Albany, Linn County, Oregon. On that date…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
delivered tlie opinion of the court.
1-3. The principal questions for consideration were raised by the timely interposition by defendant’s counsel of a motion for a nonsuit and one for a directed *127verdict in its favor. It is charged on the part of the company that the evidence in the case is insufficient to be submitted to the jury or to support the verdict. A point of contention is that there is no proof in the record that the method of performing the work adopted by defendant was not the usual one pursued by it. From' the testimony of the plaintiff above referred to we are unable to accede to…
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