Chicago, B. & Q. R. v. Shalstrom
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. Action by Victor F. Shalstrom against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for negligence of the Railroad Company which Mr. Shalstrom, the plaintiff below, alleged caused his personal injury, and the defenses were that he assumed the risk and was guilty of contributory negligence. There was a verdict and judgment against the company. Many alleged errors are assigned; but the most important is that the court refused, at the close *727of the trial, to instruct the jury to return a verdict against the plaintiff. The verdict has decided all conflicts in the testimony against the company, and on that basis the evidence at the close of…
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