Legal Opinion
Walter A. Bertrand v. Southern Pacific Company, a Corporation, Appelllee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 13, 1960No. 16576PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.
Walter A. Bertrand, plaintiff in this action for damages brought under the Federal Safety Appliance Acts and the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U. S.C.A. §§ 1 et seq., 51 et seq., appeals from a judgment for defendant, Southern Pacific Company. The judgment rendered after a jury trial conforms to the verdict. The specifications of error question the giving of two instructions and the refusal to give several instructions proposed by appellant.
Evidence favorable to appellant on the question of liability tended to establish the facts set out below. On July 3, 1957,…
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