Crawford v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. After the evidence in the cause had been closed, the defendant moved for the direction of a verdict, first, because no reasonable inference could have been drawn from all the testimony, but that the defendant was guity of no negligence constituting a proximate cause of the injury; and, second, because no reasonable inference could have been drawn from all the testimony, but that…