Northern Pac. R. Co. v. Hayes
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This is an action on the case, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through negligence in the operation of a train of cars belonging to the plaintiff in error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This is an action on the case, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through negligence in the operation of a train of cars belonging to the plaintiff in error. The facts, as stated by this court, when the case was here on a former writ of error (20 C. C. A. 52, 74 Fed. 279;, are as follows: “The accident occurred in the Central Avenue yards, in the city of Chicago, and south of the main tracks of railway owned by the Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad Company, which…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, District Judge
There are three assignments of error made by the plaintiff in error and insisted upon in the argument: (1) That the court below erred in overruling the defendant’s request to instruct the jury to find a verdict in its favor upon (lie ground that the undisputed evidence showed that the plaintiff was guilty of negligence which contributed to produce the injury. (2) That the court erred in permitting the plaintiff, against the defendant’s objection, to state his opinion its to the speed of the train which struck' him at the time of the accident. (3) That the court erred in charging the jury as…
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