Boyd v. Great Northern Railway Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff while employed as a member of a storehouse crew of defendant company, on account of alleged negligence. Defendants answered, denying the negligence charged, and alleging affirmatively that plaintiff assumed the risk and was guilty of contributory negligence. Issue was joined by reply. Upon the trial of the cause, and at the conclusion of plaintiff’s testimony, defendants’ motion for a nonsuit was sustained, and judgment entered accordingly. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment.

Defendants’ motion for nonsuit…