Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. Morgan
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM MORGAN Appeal from the Circuiut Court of Morgan County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and hy certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— XeN Hicks, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
delivered the opinion of the Court.. This suit was brought by Morgan to recover damages for personal injuries; the action being founded *29on the federal Employers’ Liability Act. He was granted a judgment based on the verdict of a jury in the. circuit court, after a motion of the defendant railway company for peremptory instructions had been overruled. On appeal the court of civil appeals, reversing the judgment, sustained the motion for instructed verdict, and dismissed the suit.
A petition for certiorari was filed by Morgan under which we ordered and have heard oral argument.
An underlying…
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