Wiley v. Grand Trunk Ry.
District Court, W.D. New York
At Law. Action by Edward W. Wiley against the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. Plaintiff was awarded a verdict of $3,500, and defendant moves to set the verdict aside and grant a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
The plaintiff sued to recover damages for personal.injuries. The jury awarded him $3,500. This is a motion to sfet that verdict aside and grant a new trial.
The facts involve.the liability of an interstate railway carrier under the anti-pass provisions of the Hepburn Act for personal injuries sustained, through the carrier’s negligence, by a plaintiff who was injured while traveling on a drover’s pass in the care of live stock. The jurisdiction of this court is founded on diversity of citizenship; the plaintiff being a resident and citizen of the state of New York, and…
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