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KANE v. NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY

No. 8.

128 U.S. 91 (1888)

KANE v. NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 22, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James H. Gable, Mr. N. Dubois Miller, and Mr. W.F. Bay Stewart for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Wayne McVeagh and Mr. A.H. Wintersteen for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Circuit Court proceeded upon the ground that contributory negligence upon the part of the plaintiff was so conclusively established, that it would have been compelled, in the exercise of a sound judicial discretion, to set aside any verdict returned in his favor. If the evidence, giving the plaintiff the benefit of every inference...

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