Great Northern Ry. Co. v. United States

KENYON, Circuit Judge.

This writ of error is to review the action of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, Fourth Division, in entering judgment against the Great Northern Railway Company and in favor of defendant in error for alleged violation by the Great Northern Railway Company of the act of Congress known as the Safety Appliance Act (Comp. St. § 8605 et seq.). At the conclusion of the evidence, both sides moved for a directed verdict; the court sustaining the motion in favor of plaintiff there, defendant in error here.

This being the situation, the only questions…