Omin v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad

This proceeding in error is brought to reverse a judgment of the common pleas court, wherein an instructed verdict was returned in favor of the defendant.

The action was one to recover damages for personal injuries said to have been received by the plaintiff, Charles Omin, on February 17, 1912, while employed by the defendant company as a freight truckman.

The defendant by answer denied generally all the allegations of negligence set out in the petition. In a second defense it alleged that at the time of the accident Omin was employed by it in commerce among the several states, and that the…