United States v. Grand Rapids & I. Ry.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
At Law. _ Action by the United States against the Grand Rapids & _ _ Indiana Railway. The following stipulation of facts was agreed to: (1) That the defendant is, and was during all the times mentioned in said causes of action, a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad, in the state of Michigan.
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At Law. _ Action by the United States against the Grand Rapids & _ _ Indiana Railway. The following stipulation of facts was agreed to: (1) That the defendant is, and was during all the times mentioned in said causes of action, a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad, in the state of Michigan. (2) That the line of defendant’s railway in the state of Michigan, including the part of the line from Elmira, in the state of Michigan, to Boyne Falls, in said state, was during said times part of a through highway of interstate commerce. (3) That the defendant operated over its…
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Direct Verdict.
TUTTIvE, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Neither the court nor the jury makes the law. This law, like the other laws that we have to do with in this court, is made by the Congress. It is the duty of the court to state to the jury what these laws passed by the Congress mean, and, having done that, it is the duty of the jurors to find out what the facts are, when facts material to the issue are in dispute. .Now, in this case the attorneys have been good enough to save its a great deal of trouble by stipulating what the facts are, except in regard to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Virginian Ry. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1915
- United States v. Great Northern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1916
3Cited by1 opinion
- Great Northern Ry. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1917