Legal Opinion
Southern Pac. Co. v. Guthrie
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1950No. 12164_1PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Circuit Judge.
Southern Pacific Company has appealed from a judgment recovered against it by Garry T. Guthrie in an action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. The contentions most strenuously urged by appellant are (1) that there was no evidence of negligence on its part, and (2) that the dam ages recovered are excessive. The company also specifies as error the refusal of the court to give numerous requested instructions, and the admission of evidence to which we shall call attention hereafter.
Guthrie was a locomotive engineer employed by the…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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