Erie R. v. Weber
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio; William L. Day, Judge. Actions at law by Edmund Weber, administrator of the estate of Anna Weber, deceased, and by Henrietta Kraft, administratrix of the estate of John Kraft, deceased, against the Erie Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff in each case, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
The decedents, Anna Weber and John Kraft, were struck and killed at the same time by defendant’s locomotive engine. The respective suits therefor were separately tried, each resulting in verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The cases are here on writs of error, and have been argued together. But four alleged errors have been discussed. The first two relate to both cases; the remaining two are limited to the Kraft case.
[1] 1. A request for directed verdict in defendant’s favor was asked and denied. The accident occurred at a grade crossing in Youngs*295town, Ohio, about S…
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