Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Co. v. Morgan
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Madison county. Tried below before Powers, J. The facts are stated by the commissioner. There was not sufficient evidence to support a verdict for the plaintiff, and there was such contributory negligence on his part as should have precluded a recovery under proper instructions of the court. (Sutton v. New York C. & JET. JEl. It. Co., 66 N. Y., 243; Lewis v: Baltimore & 0. B. Co., 17 Am. Rep. [Md.], 521; Northern C. R. Co.v.
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Error from the district court of Madison county. Tried below before Powers, J. The facts are stated by the commissioner. There was not sufficient evidence to support a verdict for the plaintiff, and there was such contributory negligence on his part as should have precluded a recovery under proper instructions of the court. (Sutton v. New York C. & JET. JEl. It. Co., 66 N. Y., 243; Lewis v: Baltimore & 0. B. Co., 17 Am. Rep. [Md.], 521; Northern C. R. Co.v. State, 31 Md., 357; Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Dixon, 42 Ga., 327; Stillson v. Hannibal & St. J. R. Co., 67 Mo., 671; O' Mara v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Ragan, C.
George W. Morgan, a boy about twelve years of age, by his next friend, sued the Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Company (hereinafter called the-“Omaha Company ”) in the district court of Madison county for damages for a permanent injury which he alleges he sustained through the negligence of said Omaha' Company’s agents and employes. Morgan had a verdict and judgment, and the Omaha Company brings the case here for review.
The evidence in the record establishes, and tends to establish, the following facts: The Omaha Company and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad…
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