Tutweiler v. Lowery
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee; Clarence W. Sessions, Judge. Action at law by George Eowery against T. H. Tutweiler and E. S. Elgin, receivers of the Memphis Street Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Defendant in error was struck and injured by a car while under operation by the receivers of the street railway company. Upon trial to a jury he recovered verdict and judgment on account of the injuries. This writ is to review the judgment. The errors assigned relate solely to the refusal to direct verdict for defendant and to the charge of the court as given.
The.evidence, stated, as it must be, in its aspect most favorable to plaintiff, may be thus summarized:
Plaintiff lived on the north side of Poplar avenue, between Evergreen and Auburndale streets, in the city of…
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