Pittsburgh, C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Scherer
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio; Howard C. Hollister, Judge. Action at law by Anna Scherer, administratrix of the estate of John J. Scherer, deceased, against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Eouis Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
This action, brought under the Ohio statute, is for the alleged negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate. At the close of the testimony defendant requested direction of verdict in its favor, on the ground that there was no substantial evidence supporting the cause of action alleged. The request was denied, the case submitted to the jury, and verdict rendered for plaintiff.
[1] 1. The refusal to direct verdict presents the question most prominently urged. The testimony tended to show that decedent was killed, in the nighttime, at the Plarrell street crossing of…
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