Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Crider
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Comanche County; J. T. Johnson, Judge. Action by L. J. Crider against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant bring error. This was an action for damages alleged to have been received by the plaintiff below by reason of negligence of the defendant, while attempting to board a passenger train of the plaintiff in error at Ft. Sill, en route to Law-ton.
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Error from District Court, Comanche County; J. T. Johnson, Judge. Action by L. J. Crider against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant bring error. This was an action for damages alleged to have been received by the plaintiff below by reason of negligence of the defendant, while attempting to board a passenger train of the plaintiff in error at Ft. Sill, en route to Law-ton. In consequence of the injury the plaintiff lost his left hand. The jury returned a verdict in his favor in the sum of $700, and after the overruling of a motion for a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
DEVEREUX, C.
(after stating the facts as above). It is not necessary to set out the evidence in detail, for the argument of the plaintiff in error is that the testimony of the plaintiff below has been so entirely contradicted that it is not sufficient to support a verdict in his favor. The language of the brief is :
“The testimony of Crider, the plaintiff, was contradicted absolutely, by every witness who testified to a material fact necessary to support his cause of action.”
Assuming, but not holding, that this is true, can this court review the verdict of the jury in an action at…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co. v. GosnellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
3Cited by3 opinions
- Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Bolds v. RandleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932
- Dimmers v. ReganSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918