Ft. Smith W. R. Co. v. Williams
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from Marshall County Court; J. W. Ealkner, Judge. Action by J. P. Williams against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company, a corporation, and the Ft. Smith & Western Railroad Company, a corporation. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant Ft. Smith & Western Railroad Company brings error. This action was filed in the county court of Marshall county December 7, 1908, by J. P. Williams against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company and the Ft.
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Error from Marshall County Court; J. W. Ealkner, Judge. Action by J. P. Williams against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company, a corporation, and the Ft. Smith & Western Railroad Company, a corporation. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant Ft. Smith & Western Railroad Company brings error. This action was filed in the county court of Marshall county December 7, 1908, by J. P. Williams against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company and the Ft. Smith & Western Railroad Company for damages for failure of the two carrier companies to deliver a certain merry-go-round from the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
HARRISON, C.
(after stating the facts as above). Plaintiff in error complains of nineteen separate assignments of error, but in its brief discusses and reviews them all under three general heads, viz.: First. It was error for the court to admit evidence tending to show, and to instruct the jury, that plaintiff was entitled to recover the profits which he alleges he would have received. Second. The court erred in refusing to give instruction No. 1, asked by the defendant, which reads as follows: “You are instructed that upon the evidence in this case it is your duty to return a…
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