CITY & SUBURBAN RY. v. SVEDBORG

No. 214.

194 U.S. 201 (1904)

CITY AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY v. SVEDBORG.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 2, 1904.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R.B. Behrend and Mr. C.C. Cole for plaintiff in error.

Mr. A.A. Lipscomb and Mr. Philip Walker for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The railway company assigns for error the refusal of the trial court to direct the jury to find a verdict in its favor. The refusal was proper; for there was evidence of a substantial character bearing upon the general issue as to the negligence of the defendant, and therefore the question was one peculiarly for the jury. Even if the court thought that the preponderance of...

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