Brady v. Chicago & G. W. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
Elizabeth Brady, as administratrix of the estate of John J. Brady, brought an action against the Chicago & Great Western Railway Company for negligence resulting in the death of Brady, and at the close of the evidence produced on her behalf the court instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant. The judgment, based upon this instruction, is challenged by this writ of error.
The facts established at the trial were these: John J. Brady was the foreman of a switch crew in the employment of the Chicago & Great Western Railway Company, engaged in…
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