Atchison, T. & S. F. R. v. Meyers
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. This was an action by William Meyers against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad Company to recover damages for personal injuries received while employed as a switchman in the yards of the company. Judgment was given for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. This is the second writ of error in this case. See 11 O. 0. A. 439, S3 Fed. 793, 21 TJ.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. This was an action by William Meyers against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad Company to recover damages for personal injuries received while employed as a switchman in the yards of the company. Judgment was given for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. This is the second writ of error in this case. See 11 O. 0. A. 439, S3 Fed. 793, 21 TJ. S. App. 295. The action is for personal injury suffered by the defendant in error, William Meyers, while employed as a switchman in the yards of the plaintiff in…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, Circuit Judge
In the interest of brevity and clearness, it is to be observed that the assignment of error in this record contains much redundant and irrelevant matter. The first specification is that the “court erred in denying defendant’s motion at the conclusion of all the evidence *445to instruct the jury to find a verdict for the defendant.” That would have been enough, because it states succinctly just what action is alleged to have been erroneous. But there follows a statement at length of four reasons why the motion should have been sustained. They constitute a good brief, but in the assignment of error…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. HerbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Atchison, T. & S. F. R. v. MulliganCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1895
3Cited by13 opinions
- Colorado &. S. Ry. Co. v. RoweTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- Choctaw, O. & G. R. v. HollowayCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- Isbell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
- Alabama G. S. R. v. CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1898
- Louisville & N. R. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1897
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