Hall v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Eddy County; Burke, J. Action by Vannie A. Hall against the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Where the evidence is in doubt, or in conflict, or when different inferences may be drawn from undisputed evidence, the suit should be submitted to the jury. Cameron v. Great Northern R. Co., 8 N. D. 124, 77 N. W. 1016; Hove v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co., 62 Wis. 666 ; Detroit & Milwaukee Ry.
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Appeal from District Court, Eddy County; Burke, J. Action by Vannie A. Hall against the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Where the evidence is in doubt, or in conflict, or when different inferences may be drawn from undisputed evidence, the suit should be submitted to the jury. Cameron v. Great Northern R. Co., 8 N. D. 124, 77 N. W. 1016; Hove v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co., 62 Wis. 666 ; Detroit & Milwaukee Ry. Co. v. Steinberg, 17 Mich. 99; Sioúx City & Pac. Ry. Co. v.' Stout, 17- Wall. 657, 21 L. Ed. 745; Pirie v. Gillitt, 2 N. D. 255, 50 N. W.…
1Opinion of the CourtFisic, J.
Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for alleged negligence of defendant resulting in injuries to her while *63in the act of alighting from one of defendant’s passenger trains at Sheyenne in this state, in April, 1904. At the close of the evidence the trial court, on defendant’s motion, directed a verdict in defendant’s favor, and this appeal is from the judgment entertained pursuant thereto.
Appellant assigns as error the ruling of the court in directing such verdict. The evidence is incorporated in a .statement of case duly settled, from which we are required to say, according to…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Richmond & Danville Railroad v. PowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Paulsen v. PortlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Price v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- Cameron v. Great Northern Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1898
- Loyd v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
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