Louisville & N. R. v. Womack
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Action by Mary Womack and others, by N. S. Nicholson, as next friend, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
LURTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an action of tort for the alleged negligent killing of Levi Womack, the father of the plaintiffs below, who sued by their guardian, N. C. Nicholson. There was ,a jury, verdict for $1,000, and judgment thereon. The railroad company has sued out this writ of error.
It is assigned as error that the court denied the request of the plaintiff in error that the jury should be instructed to find a verdict for the railroad company. The deceased came to his death through a collision between a hand car and a freight train. He, together with seven others, four of them being…
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