Dickeson v. Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal R. R.

This appeal comes from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding the appellant railroads guilty of negligence and assessing the appellee’s damages at $116,480. The appellants deny negligence on their part and claim also that the appellee was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. To these claims are added several errors alleged to have taken place at the trial.

The appellee here was the plaintiff in a personal injury action below. The appellants are the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, the owners of the right-of-way on which the appellee was…