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PATTERSON v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

Nos. 12789, 12790.

238 F.2d 645 (1956)

Alice PATTERSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Harry G. Patterson, Jr., deceased, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, a Pennsylvania Corporation, Appellee, CITY OF DETROIT, a municipal corporation, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, a Pennsylvania Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 5, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Markle, Detroit, Mich., for Alice Patterson, Admx. etc.

Frederick E. Byrd, Detroit, Mich., for City of Detroit.

A. D. Ruegsegger, Detroit, Mich., Dyer, Meek, Ruegsegger & Bullard, Detroit, Mich., on the brief, for Pennsylvania R. Co.

Before MARTIN, MILLER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

In an action for damages for death by wrongful act, Alice Patterson, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Harry G. Patterson, Jr., was awarded $40,000 by the verdict of a jury and judgment was duly entered thereon against the defendant railroad company.

Upon conclusion of all the evidence in the case, the railroad company renewed its motion for a directed verdict made at the close of appellant's submission of evidence...

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