Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co. v. Grace
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Pottawatomie County; Chas. B. Wilson, Jr., Judge. Action by W. A. Grace against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, a corporation. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
MATHEWS, C.
The parties will be designated as in the trial court. This is an action for the recovery of damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by plaintiff while a passenger upon defendant’s freight train. Judgment was for the plaintiff in the sum of $300, and, the motion for a new trial having been overruled, this appeal was lodged here.
At the close of the evidence the defendant moved the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict for the defendant, and the refusal of the same is the first assignment of error presented. At the time of the alleged injuries…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Foley v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Southern Railway Co. v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Consolidated Traction Co. v. ThalheimerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1896
- St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co. v. GosnellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Brown v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1910
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