Detroit Crude-Oil Co. v. Grable
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Northern District of Ohio. This suit was instituted in tbe court of common pleas of Wood county, Ohio, and removed, on application of plaintiff in error, into the circuit court of the United States for the Western division of the Northern district of Ohio. The plaintiff in error is a corporation engaged in the business of leasing land, and sinking- and working oil wells thereon.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Northern District of Ohio. This suit was instituted in tbe court of common pleas of Wood county, Ohio, and removed, on application of plaintiff in error, into the circuit court of the United States for the Western division of the Northern district of Ohio. The plaintiff in error is a corporation engaged in the business of leasing land, and sinking- and working oil wells thereon. The action was brought to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by the defendant in error while in tbe service of the…
1Opinion of the CourtClark, District Judge
The refusal of the court, on defendant’s motion at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, to direct a verdict for the defendant, is assigned for error, although apparently not relied on in the printed brief. After the motion was overruled the defendant proceeded with the case, and gave evidence on its part, and thereby waived any exception *76to a denial of this motion. Railway Co. v. Daniels, 152 U. S. 684, 14 Sup. Ct. 756; Runkle v. Burnham, 153 U. S. 216, 14 Sup. Ct. 837; Wilson v. Live-Stock Co., 153 U. S. 39, 14 Sup. Ct. 768. Moreover, the refusal to direct a verdict for the defendant at…
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