Craighead v. Missouri Pac. Transp. Co.

COLLET, Circuit Judge.

The only question presented on this appeal is whether there was sufficient evidence of negligence to support the jury’s verdict for damages resulting from a highway accident. After verdict the trial court -carefully considered the evidence and concluded that there was no substantial evidence upon which the jury’s verdict could be based and sustained a motion for a judgment in favor of defendant notwithstanding the verdict. The trial court further ordered that in the event the judgment notwithstanding the verdict was reversed, that defendant’s alternative motion for a new…