Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Co. v. Brady
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Madison county. Tried below before Powers, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. When the evidence given at the trial, with all the inferences which the jury could justifiably draw from it, is insufficient to support a verdict for the plaintiff, so that such verdict, if returned, must be set aside, the court is not bound to submit the case to the jury, but may direct a verdict for the defendant.
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Error from the district court of Madison county. Tried below before Powers, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. When the evidence given at the trial, with all the inferences which the jury could justifiably draw from it, is insufficient to support a verdict for the plaintiff, so that such verdict, if returned, must be set aside, the court is not bound to submit the case to the jury, but may direct a verdict for the defendant. (Schofield v. Chicago & St. P. R. Co., 114 U. S., 618; Parles v. Ross, 11 How. [U. S.], 372; Richardson v. Boston, 19 How. [U. S.], 269; Randall v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Ragan, C.
George E. Brady sued the Omaha & Republican Yalley Railroad Company in the district court of Madison county for damages, for an injury which he alleges he received by reason of the railroad company’s negligence on the 27th day of June, 1888, while he was in the act of crossing the railroad company’s tracks in the city of Norfolk with his wagon and team. He alleged in his petition that at the time of his injury Norfolk avenue, ran east and west through, aud was the principal street in, said city, and that the railroad company’s main and side tracks crossed said avenue at grade in a…
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