Winters v. Baltimore & O. R.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. .. Action by Edward Winters against the Baltimore &; Qhio Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANFORD, District Judge.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff in error, Winters, against the defendant railroad company, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him through the alleged negligent derailment of a car in a work train of the defendant on which Winters was riding. At the close of the testimony offered by the plaintiff, the defendant moved the court to direct a verdictin its favor on the ground, in effect, that the testimony failed to establish its negligence and showed that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence. The court, while of opinion that…
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