Miller v. Canadian Northern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota; Page Morris, Judge. Action at law by Oscar O. Miller against the Canadian Northern Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This writ of error challenges the direction of the jury by the court below to return a verdict for the defendant railway company at the close of the evidence in the trial of an action by Mr. Miller, the plaintiff, for damages from a personal injury which he alleged' was caused by the negligence of an engineer of the defendant in operating an engine, which struck and broke his leg. The defendant denied the negligence, and alleged fhat the plaintiff was guilty of negligence which directly contributed to his injury. The only question in this court, therefore, is whether or…
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