Union Pac. R. v. Marone
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United' States for the District of Nebraska; Joseph W. Woodrough, Judge. Action by Michael Marone against the Union Pacific Railroad Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff below, Mr. Marone, recovered a judgment against his master, Union Pacific Railroad Company, for an injury to his eye,, which he claimed was caused by the negligence of the company, and the company insists that the trial court erred, in that it failed to direct a verdict in its favor at the close of the trial. These were the facts: Marone was and had been for some time working for the company as a section man under John Anderson, the foreman of his gang. The company had made and put in force a rule that, “When cutting rails with a track chisel, those doing…
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