Denver City Tramway Co. v. Cobb
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a collision with a street car in the city of Denver. In its answer and at the trial the defendant took the position that, even conceding its negligence, the plaintiff was without right of recovery, because of contributory negligence on his part; and our attention has been chiefly directed fo the question of whether or not this defense was established so conclusively that a verdict for the defendant should have been directed. In that view of the evidence which .is most favorable to the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Schofield v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Fonda v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Chunn v. City & Suburban R. Co. of WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Rider v. Syracuse Rapid Transit Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Missouri Pac. Ry. Co v. MoseleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
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