Griggs v. Houston
Supreme Court of the United States
Error, tp the. Circuit-Court .of the United States, for the Eastern District of Tennessee. > , ■ . The defendants,,contractors engaged in building a railroad in Tennessee, were sued ..by the widow of Griggs, for herself and his minor - children, for damages caused by his death. He was improperly riding on the pilot or bumper of a locomotive, forming part.of a construction train of the defendants, at the time it. collided with-loaded cars standing on the track.
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Error, tp the. Circuit-Court .of the United States, for the Eastern District of Tennessee. > , ■ . The defendants,,contractors engaged in building a railroad in Tennessee, were sued ..by the widow of Griggs, for herself and his minor - children, for damages caused by his death. He was improperly riding on the pilot or bumper of a locomotive, forming part.of a construction train of the defendants, at the time it. collided with-loaded cars standing on the track. The injuries he then received resulted in his death. Persons on the ears attached to the train were not hurt. . . Her claim…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
We agree entirely with the court below in the opinion that the statutes in relation to railroads relied upon by the plaintiff in error are not applicable to the facts of this case. If upon the evidence the jury had brought in a verdict against the defendants it would have been the duty of the court to set it aside and grant a new trial. The case comes clearly within Railroad Company v. Jones (95 U. S. 489), which was followed below. It was right, therefore, to direct a verdict for the defendants. There was no such conflict of evidence as to make it necessary for the jury to pass on the facts.
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