Cary Bros. & Hannon v. Morrison
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This writ of error questions the proceedings at the trial of an action for negligence brought by Mrs. T. Jane Morrison, the administratrix of the estate of W. L- Morrison, against Cary Bros. & Hannon, a partnership composed of the defendants below, which resulted in a judgment against the defendants for $6,000. In her complaint the plaintiff alleged that her husband, W. D. Morrison, was killed by a blow from a rock which was carelessly thrown from a blast by the defendants, who were then engaged in grading the Little Rock & Ft. Smith Railroad. The defendants denied that…
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