Goodwin v. Cincinnati Traction Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. Action by Charles W. H. Goodwin against the Cincinnati Traction Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McCALL, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Charles Goodwin, brought this suit, against the defendant, the Cincinnati Traction Company, to recover damages for injuries inflicted on him while a passenger on defendant’s street railway by one of defendant’s servants. At the conclusion of all the testimony, upon motion of defendant’s counsel, the court below directed a nonsuit, and taxed the costs against the plaintiff. The plaintiff duly excepted to the action of the court, and has prosecuted a writ of error to this court.
Eleven errors are assigned. At the hearing these were condensed and presented…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mt. Adams & E. P. Inclined Ry. Co. v. LoweryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- Travelers' Ins. Co. of Hartford v. RandolphCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
- Minahan v. Grand Trunk Western Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1905
- Standard Life & Accident Ins. v. ThorntonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1900
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