Robey v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action to recover for personal injuries, brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Plea, the general issue'. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1916, Orleans County, Waterman, J., presiding. Verdict for the plaintiff. Defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
Bobey sues the company under the Federal Employers ’ Liability Act. He was a section man, and was, when injured, riding to his work on a pump hand-car, provided by the defendant for that purpose. At the close of the evidence, the defendant moved for a directed verdict, and the only questions presented for review are brought here by exceptions to the action of the court below in overruling this motion.
The evidence was sharply conflicting; but viewing it in the light most favorable to the plaintiff (as we must under the motion)., the following facts were fairly and reasonably within its…
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