Baltimore & O. R. v. Henthorne
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio. This writ of error is brought to review a judgment for the plaintiff in the circuit court of the United States of the Northern district of Ohio In an action brought by Charles Henthorne against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, for damages for a personal injury.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio. This writ of error is brought to review a judgment for the plaintiff in the circuit court of the United States of the Northern district of Ohio In an action brought by Charles Henthorne against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, for damages for a personal injury. Charles Henthorne was a brakeman in the employ of the defendant company on a freight train running from Chicago Junction, in the state of Ohio, to Garrett, In the state of Indiana, being the east half of what is known as the…
1Opinion of the CourtTaft, Circuit Judge
(after stating tlie facts as above). We find no error in this record, and affirm the judgment. Defendant has stated 24 general assignments of errqr, which include many minor specifications, but we do not find it necessary to consider them in detail. The assignments of material points can be grouped under a few heads. The defendant complains of the action of the court below in permitting evidence of the general reputation of Harrison for drunkenness and consequent incojirpetency as an engineer. It should be premised that this was accompanied by evidence that Harrison’s drunken condition was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. HerbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. BaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Wabash Railway Co. v. McDanielsSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. DanielsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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