PURVIS v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

Civ. No. 6139.

96 F.Supp. 698 (1950)

PURVIS v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 4, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Ray White, of Richter, Lord & Farage, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

H. Francis DeLone, of Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers & Clark, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


TIMMERMAN, District Judge.

The plaintiff, an employee of the defendant railroad company, brought this action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been negligently caused by the defendant. The trial, which commenced in this Court November 11, 1947, resulted in a mistrial.

Upon the close of the evidence, the defendant moved the Court to instruct the jury to return...

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