Wichita Falls & N. W. Ry. Co. v. Davern
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court. Jackson County; Frank Mathews, Judge. Action by W. A. Davern against the Wichita Falls & Northwestern Railway Com-jany. Verdict for plaintiff, motion for new trial denied oh condition of plaintiff’s remit-titur of certain amount, and judgment for plaintiff; and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
SPRINGER, C.
In this opinion the litigants will be referred to in the relative positions as they appeared in the lower court.
On, the 2d day of June, 1916, the plaintiff instituted suit against the defendant in the district court of Jackson county, Olda., to recover the sum of $100,000 damages for personal injuries to him caused hy the negligent acts of the defendant and its officers, agents, ana servants.
In the petition, among other things, it is alleged that the plaintiff was at said time a citizen and resident of Ática. Mass., and at the time of the injury was an employe of the…
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