Harley v. Louisville & N. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Tennessee
At Law. Action by T. J. Harley against the Louisville & Nashville Bailroad Company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while in its employment. There was a verdict for plaintiff, and the case is now heard on motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
LURTON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, while in the employment of the defendant company as switchman, and while engaged in switching cars in the yard of the company at Nashville, was run over, and lost a leg. The jury have returned a verdict in his favor, and a motion for a new trial has been argued. In its present attitude the case must turn upon the single question as to whether the negligent movement of the train while plaintiff was between cars in the discharge of his duty, was due to signals given by a fellow servant. Harley, the plaintiff, belonged to a switching crew engaged in the yards of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. BaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad v. CollinsTennessee Supreme Court · 1886
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