Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Sharp
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri.
1Opinion of the Court
CALDWELL, Circuit Judge.
This is an action brought by James M. Sharp, the defendant in error, against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, the plaintiff in error, to recover damages for a personal injury received at a railroad crossing. The plaintiff recovered judgment below, and the defendant sued out this writ of error. „
In this, as in most cases of this character, the first assignment of error is that the court erred in not directing a verdict for the defendant upon the whole evidence; and in this case, as has frequently occurred in other cases of like character, we are…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Continental Improvement Co. v. SteadSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. EllisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
- Weller v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. LowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Crumpley v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
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