Pennsylvania R. v. La Rue
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. -This was an action at law by Augustus H. La Rue against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to recover damages for personal injuries. At the trial the defendant requested the court to direct a verdict in its favor, and also requested certain instructions, which were denied. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, and judgment was entered accordingly.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. -This was an action at law by Augustus H. La Rue against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to recover damages for personal injuries. At the trial the defendant requested the court to direct a verdict in its favor, and also requested certain instructions, which were denied. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, and judgment was entered accordingly. The defendant then brought the case to this court on writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
ACHESON, Circuit Judge.
A careful examination of this record has convinced us that the refusal of the court below to direct a verdict for the defendant on the grounds urged in the first and fourth points presented in the brief of the plaintiff in error was right. There was, we think, abundant competent evidence to show that the accident here in question was occasioned by the car which was afterwards seen at the Barrowpit siding, and that that was the same car mentioned by the Harrisburg- witnesses. We are also of the opinion that there was sufficient evidence from which the jury might well…
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