Threadgill v. Platt
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Virginia
This was an action at law by F. M. Threadgill against Thomas 0. Platt, president of the United States Express Company, and others. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendants now seek to perfect their right to a writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONTON, Circuit Judge.
The defendants in this case seek to perfect their appeal from the judgment of this court to the circuit court of appeals. This was an action at law, tried before a judge with a jury. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff! on 27th April, 189o. The trial had consumed several days, nearly a week. The testimony, taken by a stenographer, was voluminous. Many witnesses were examined. Very many exceptions were taken and noted during the progress of the cause. The defendants, among other, things, had requested the court, at the close of the plaintiff’s case, to instruct…
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