Legal Opinion
McLaughlin v. Joseph Horne Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 9, 1913No. 1,707PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania; James S. Young, Judge. Action at law by Enema McLaughlin against Joseph Horne Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, Circuit Judge.
[1] In this action of tort for personal injuries the plaintiff obtained a verdict, but judgment non obstante veredicto in favor of the defendant was afterwards entered. the learned judge having come to the conclusion that the jury should have been charged as matter of law that the plaintiff had been guilty of contributory negligence. He thus slates some of the circumstance? of the case:
“ * * * Tile facts necessary to an understanding of the case'are: The plaintiff was employed by defendant in its store on Penn avenue in the city of Pittsburgh. Upon the second…
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