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Mahoning Valley Ry. Co. v. O'Hara

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 4, 1912No. 2,204PublishedCited by 12 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio. Action at law by Belinda O’Hara against the Mahoning Valley Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings' error. The defendant in error was plaintiff in the court below, and recovered against the railway company a judgment for damages from an injury received by her in alighting from the company’s street car, in Youngstown, Ohio.

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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio. Action at law by Belinda O’Hara against the Mahoning Valley Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings' error. The defendant in error was plaintiff in the court below, and recovered against the railway company a judgment for damages from an injury received by her in alighting from the company’s street car, in Youngstown, Ohio. Her story was that it was customary to stop the car in front of a certain church; that she expected and desired to alight at that point; that…

1Opinion of the Court

DENISON, Circuit Judge.

[1] The judgment was rendered at the October, 1910, term. No order settling "a bill of exceptions or providing time therefor was made at that term; but a motion for a new trial was made, submitted, and its decision continued until the next term. At the next term, the motion for new trial was denied, and a *947time given to settle a- bill, within which time, as extended, the bill was settled. It is well understood, as a primary rule, that exceptions at the trial must be reduced to form and made a part of the record during the term at which judgment is rendered (Muller v.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Robertson v. CeaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Sun Printing and Publishing Assn. v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  3. Mueller v. EhlersSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  4. Kingman v. Western Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
  5. Stuart v. EastonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Cobb v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
  2. Camden Iron Works Co. v. SaterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
  3. La Belle Box Co. v. StricklinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
  4. Slip Scarf Co. v. Wm. Filene's Sons Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1923
  5. Norton v. LarneyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923

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