St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway v. Vickers
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. The defendant in error sued the plaintiff in error in a state court of Arkansas to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while a passenger on one of the trains of' the company. On the defendant’s motion the cause was removed to the Circuit Court of the United States, where a general answer was made, denying negligence, end averring contributory negligence.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. The defendant in error sued the plaintiff in error in a state court of Arkansas to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while a passenger on one of the trains of' the company. On the defendant’s motion the cause was removed to the Circuit Court of the United States, where a general answer was made, denying negligence, end averring contributory negligence. The injuries were alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s employes in violently projecting a locomotive and one…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
delivered the opinión of the court. .
This judgment' is affirmed on the authority of Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad Co. v. Putnam, 118 U. S. 545; Nudd v. Burrows, 91 U. S. 426, 441; Indianapolis, &c., Railroa d v. Horst, 93 U. S. 291, 299. A state constitution cannot, any more than a state statute, prohibit the judges of the courts of the United States from charging juries with regard to matters of fact.
Affirmed.
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