Pittsburgh Ry. Co. v. Bloomer
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
' lit Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District. of Pennsylvania.
1Opinion of the Court
FANNING, District Judge.
Two errors are assigned in the record of this case. Both of them relate to the court’s charge to the jury. The first is “to the withdrawal from the jury of the question of the alleged negligence of the defendant [the plaintiff in error in this court], and in charging the jury that the defendant was guilty of negligence.” The second simply quotes the language of the court in its charge on the subject of the defendant’s negligence.
The counsel on both sides have argued the case on the theory that the trial court, in effect, charged the jury that as a matter of law the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. PutnamSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Carver v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Mitchell v. HarmonySupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- NUDD v. Burrows, AssigneeSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Transportation Line v. HopeSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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- Fuller v. New York Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1912