Hintz v. Michigan Central Railroad

Plaintiff obtained a verdict and judgment in the court below for damages resulting from the alleged negligence of defendant. Defendant seeks a reversal of that judgment on three grounds: First, that there was no evidence from which the jury could find that the defendant was negligent; second, that the evidence conclusively established plaintiff’s negligence; third, that the trial judge improperly denied defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that the same was against the weight and preponderance of the testimony.

The testimony introduced on the part of the plaintiff tended…