Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Moore
Supreme Court of the United States
error to the circuit court of appeals for the fifth CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum opinion, by direction of the court, by
Mr. Chief Justice White.
The defendant in error sued to recover damages for injuries sustained on October. 6, 1909, while in the employ of the railway company as a.foreman of switch engines, in being thrown from an alleged defective step or footboard of a switch engine. The case was submitted to a jury upon a single count of the declaration. The jury was specially instructed that it was the duty of the plaintiff to prove the existence of the defect complained of, that it was a defect of such a character as to cause its existence to be a…
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