Yellow Cab Co. v. Earle
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota; Page Morris, Judge. Action by O. K. Earle against the Yellow Cab Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. That part of the instruction as to damages referred to in the opinion is as follows: “Now, as to the amount of damages, gentlemen.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota; Page Morris, Judge. Action by O. K. Earle against the Yellow Cab Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. That part of the instruction as to damages referred to in the opinion is as follows: “Now, as to the amount of damages, gentlemen. They demand something’ like $30,000 in this complaint; and if you feel that damages should be awarded, why, it is for you to say what that amount is. You will consider all those things I have indicated to you; but you must make the amount a fair and…
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in the District Court, Mr. O. K. Earle, sued the Yellow Cab Company, a coiporation, for $18,675 damages, which he alleged were caused by the negligence of the defendant, in causing one of its cabs to be driven against and upon him at an unlawful speed as he was crossing one of the streets of the city of Minneapolis. The defendant admitted that there was a collision between the plaintiff, and one of its cabs at the time and place specified, but denied that the accident or injury was the effect of its negligence, and alleged that, if the plaintiff was…
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