Page v. United Fruit Co.

BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.

This was an action of tort brought by Michael B. Ryan, a citizen of Connecticut, against the Northern Railway Company and the United Eruit Company, New Jersey corporations having their usual places of business at Boston, Mass.; to recover damages for injuries sustained while a passenger on the Northern Railway Company’s road in Costa Rica, Central America. The writ was dated January 15, 1921. The action was brought in the ' federal District Court for Massachusetts.

There were two trials in the District Court. At the first trial a vei’diet was directed for the United…