Hardy v. Missouri Pac. R.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Jacob Trieber, Judge. Action by Cora Hardy, administratrix, against the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, Circuit Judge.
Error from directed verdict at the close of plaintiff’s evidence in an action to recover for death through negligence. The point here pressed is the sufficiency of the evidence upon the issue of negligence. The deceased was a hoy 12 years old. The facts pertinent to a determination of the issue here are as follows:
Defendant is a railway corporation owning and operating a station, power house, and railway yards at Little Rock, Ark. Pri'or to 1910 a perennial stream ran through a ravine, cutting the grpunds of defendant near its depot, as well as adjoining property. About…
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