Force v. Standard Silk Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
At Law. Motion by defendant for a new trial on minutes of the court, on grounds the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence and unsupported thereby, and on exceptions to the charge and admission and rejection of evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
This action was commenced in the state court and removed to the Circuit Court of the United States, plaintiff being a citizen and resident of the state of New York, and defendant-being a foreign corporation, and the amount involved over $2,000. The action was brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the defendant.
Walter J. Force, the plaintiff, became 14 years of age October 1, 1906. He lived at Willowvale, about 1% miles from defendant’s silk mill at Washington Mills, Oneida county, N. Y. Soon after he became fourteen and in…
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