Maucher v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Douglas county: Alexander C. Troup, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtMorrissey, C. J.
Plaintiff brought this action against defendant to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in a rear-end collision on defendant’s line of railroad August 12, 1913. There was a verdict for $12,-500, which on motion for a new trial was reduced to $10,000, and defendant has appealed.
Defendant was, and is, a railroad company engaged in general railroad- business, both intrastate and interstate. At the date of the injury plaintiff was an employee of a circus company known as “Barnum and Bailey Shows,” but owned by Ringling Brothers, a copartnership. The day preceding…
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