McKinley v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad

McKinley sought damages against the trustees of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co., based on asserted injury to¡ sheep shipped from Presidio, Texas, to Mosca, Colorado, the defendant’s line having been the terminal carrier. The Company has since been substituted in place of the trustees as party defendant. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence, the court sustained defendant’s motion for a directed verdict on the ground that plaintiff had failed to establish any case against the defendants, and plaintiff here seeks reversal of the judgment entered pursuant to such verdict.

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