Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. Tharp
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Eastern District of Tennessee; Edward T. Sanford, Judge. Action by Jesse Tharp, by F. N. Tharp, as next friend, against the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SESSIONS, District Judge.
This action was brought in the circuit court of Rhea county, Tenn., by the defendant in error (plaintiff) against plaintiff in error (defendant), to recover damages for injuries suffered by plaintiff while a passenger on one of defendant’s trains between the stations of Spring City and Dayton, Tenn. The case was removed to the court below, where a trial resulted in verdict and *616judgment in plaintiff’s favor. At the close of all the evidence counsel for the railway company moved the court to direct a verdict in its favor upon the alleged grounds: (1) That the negligence…
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