ERIE R. CO. v. LADE

No. 11801.

209 F.2d 948 (1954)

ERIE R. CO. v. LADE.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

February 10, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Weh, Cleveland, Ohio (Robert M. Weh, Burgess, Fulton & Fullmer, Cleveland, Ohio, on the brief), for appellant.

Craig Spangenberg, Cleveland, Ohio (Craig Spangenberg, Harrison, Spangenberg & Hull, Cleveland, Ohio, on the brief), for appellee.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.


SIMONS, Chief Judge.

The railroad assails a judgment against it for injuries suffered by Lade in a railroad crossing accident upon the private property of the Standard Oil Company at Cleveland, Ohio, in which Lade, while driving a tractor and trailer for the Oil Company, was injured. The case was submitted to a jury after the denial of the railroad's motion for directed verdict based upon the contention that Lade was guilty of contributory negligence, as a matter...

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