Smith v. Pennsylvania Railroad

OPINION

By THE COURT.

This is an appeal on questions of law from the Common Pleas Court of Franklin County, Ohio. The action is for damages for wrongful death of a railroad yard conductor, and was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. The case was tried to a jury which rendered a special verdict in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars. A motion for judgment non obstante veredicto was filed and overruled. Judgment was entered on the verdict. A motion for new trial was filed and overruled.

Seventeen assignments of error have been filed, which appellant has grouped and discussed…