Legal Opinion
O'Dell v. Southern Ry. Co.
District Court, W.D. South Carolina
Decided December 19, 1917PublishedCited by 2 opinions
At Law. Action by Clarence O’Dell against the Southern Railway Company. On motion by defendant to direct a verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, District Judge.
When the evidence was all in, the defendant moved for a directed verdict on various grounds, which will be found in the record. I shall not consider the grounds in the order in which the defendant submitted them, but will endeavor briefly to give my reasons for refusing the motion.
[ 1 ] The defendant is not entitled to a directed verdict on the ground that there is no evidence tending to show negligence on the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injury, because there is such evidence and it should go to the jury.
[2] The defendant is not…
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