Legal Opinion

Carnegie Steel Co. v. Byers

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 8, 1907No. 1,573PublishedCited by 22 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio.

1Opinion of the Court

BURTON, Circuit Judge.

An action in tort for personal injury sustained by the plaintiff while in the service of the Carnegie Steel Company. There was a jury, and verdict for the plaintiff and judgment thereon.

The question upon which the case must mainly turn is whether there was any evidence from which the jury might reasonably find the plaintiff in error negligent. This question was saved by a motion, at the close of all the evidence, to instruct a verdict for the defendant below, and an exception reserved. The facts necessary to be stated are these: The defendant below is a steel…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
  2. Looney v. Metropolitan RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. South Pork Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1905
  5. Illinois Cent. R. v. CoughlinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1904

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Lawrence M. Miller v. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
  2. Central R. v. PelusoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
  3. Byers v. Carnegie Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1908
  4. Kiger v. Liipfert Scales Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
  5. Szekeres v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2010

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