Smitson v. Southern Pacific Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Lane : J. C. Fullerton, Judge. This is an action by Jennie Smitson to recover damages from the Southern Pacific Co. for personal injuries.
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From Lane : J. C. Fullerton, Judge. This is an action by Jennie Smitson to recover damages from the Southern Pacific Co. for personal injuries. It is alleged in the complaint, in substance, that on July 29, 1897, plaintiff was a passenger on defendant’s train from Coburg to Springfield, Oregon, and as the train approached the latter station, about 9 o’clock P. M., the signal whistle was given, the speed gradually slackened, and the train stopped about one hundred and twenty-five feet from the platform of the station; that, the night being dark, the brakeman invited plaintiff to alight,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
1. At the trial, plaintiff having offered her testimony and rested, defendant’s counsel moved the court for a judgment of nonsuit, on the ground that she had failed to show any negligence on defendant’s part, but, the motion being overruled, an exception was saved. The rule is well settled in this state that a motion for a judgment of nonsuit is in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence, in the disposal of which all the testimony produced by plaintiff is to be regarded as true, together with every intendment and reasonable inference which can arise thereon, and, when so considered, if a…
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