Whitney v. New York, N. H. & H. R.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.-
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by the plaintiff in error for an injury occurring to him while riding in a passenger train of the defendant in error. The circuit court directed a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff below thereupon sued out this writ of error. The record raises two questions: First, whether there was any case to go to the jury on the allegation of negligence; and, *851second, whether or not the plaintiff was a passeaiger. The only evidence offered in the court helow was that in behalf of the plaintiff. At the close of that evidence a motion was made to direct…
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