Gulf Ry Co v. Moser
Decision Date | 21 November 1927 |
Docket Number | No. 53,53 |
Citation | 275 U.S. 133,48 S.Ct. 49,72 L.Ed. 200 |
Parties | GULF, C. & S. F. RY. CO. v. MOSER |
Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Messrs. J. W. Terry, of Galveston, Tex., and Lawrence H. Cake, of Washington, D. C., and Charles K. Lee, of Fort Worth, Tex., for petitioner.
Mr. A. L. Curtis, of Belton, Tex., for respondent.
Mrs. Moser, administratrix of her husband's estate, brought suit under the federal Employers' Liability Act (chapter 149, 35 Stat. 65; chapter 143, 36 Stat. 291 (45 USCA §§ 51-59; Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665)) to recover damages consequent upon his death while employed by petitioner as a brakeman. The point for consideration is whether the trial court charged the jury concerning estimation of damages according to the rule approved by this court.
The cause went to the jury upon special issues framed as questions. Answers thereto constitute the verdict. Relevant parts of special issue No. 7 follow:
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Petitioner seasonably objected to the charge as—
'generally too broad and not definite and specific enough and the jury should be limited in their consideration of the measure of damages, and the damages to be awarded, and should be further and more in detail...
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