Dunlap v. Northeastern Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE. CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OE GEORGIA. This was an action on the case brought by Dunlap against. the Northeastern Railroad Company to recover for injuries -received during the month of August, 1882, by reason of a train belonging to defendant leaving the track, while Dunlap was acting as engineer.
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ERROR TO THE. CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OE GEORGIA. This was an action on the case brought by Dunlap against. the Northeastern Railroad Company to recover for injuries -received during the month of August, 1882, by reason of a train belonging to defendant leaving the track, while Dunlap was acting as engineer. The Code of Georgia (1882, pp. 509, 762) provides-as follows: “ § 2083. lidbibivy ofra/Wroád companies as carriers. — Railroad companies are common carriers, and liable as such. As such companies necessarily have many employés who cannot possibly…
1Opinion of the Court
j^E. Chief Justice. Fullee,
after stating the case, as above reported, delivered the opinion.of the court.
The Circuit Court erred in not submitting the question of contributory negligence to the jury, as the' conclusion did not follow;, as matter of law, that no recovery could be had upon any view which could be properly taken of the facts the evidence tended to establish. Kane v. Northern Central Railway, 1 28 U. S. 91; Jones v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Co., 128 U. S. 443.
It is urged that the exceptions were not properly saved, and therefore that they should be disregarded.…
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