Southern Ry. Co. v. Priester

WOODS, Circuit Judge.

On July 3, 1921, defendant’s north-bound passenger train struck the automobile in which Mrs. M. A. Priester and her husband were riding at the crossing near Valentine, S. C. Plaintiffs recovered judgment for injuries inflicted on Mrs. Priester. Error is assigned in the refusal of the District Court to direct a verdict in favor of the defendant on three grounds:(1) That no reasonable inference could be drawn from the testimony, except that no negligence had been proven against the defendant which could have any causal connection with the collision in question.(2) That no…