McLaughlin v. Pennsylvania Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northei n District of Ohio; D. C. Westenhaver, Judge. Action at law by Elmer MicEaughlin, administrator of the estate of Naomi Seidner, deceased, against the Pennsylvania Company. To review judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error.
1Per curiam
Upon the trial, at the conclusion of the opening statement of plaintiff’s counsel, the court sustained defendant’s motion for direction of verdict in its favor upon the pleadings and opening statement. This writ is to review the judgment thereon.
The gist of the opening statement was that decedent, a lady more than 50 years old, desiring to take a local passenger train from Beloit, Ohio, to Columbiana, in that state, where she resided, bought a ticket for such transportation from defendant’s ticket agent and station master at Beloit shortly before the train was due to leave, and was then…
2Cited by1 opinion
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