Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Crawford

The sole question presented by the appeal in this case, is whether the trial court should have directed a verdict in favor of the Defendant, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, either at the close of the Plaintiff’s proof or at the close of all of the proof, the motion having been renewed at that time; or stated differently, whether there is any evidence in the record to support a verdict in favor of the Defendant in Error, the Plaintiff in the Court helow. For convenience the parties will be styled as in the lower Court, Plaintiff and Defendant.

This suit was brought by the…