Omaha & R. V. R. Co. v. Chollette
Decision Date | 13 October 1891 |
Citation | 33 Neb. 143,49 N.W. 1114 |
Parties | OMAHA & R. V. R. CO. v. CHOLLETTE. |
Court | Nebraska Supreme Court |
1. The testimony being conflicting, it was properly submitted to the jury, and the court did not err in refusing to instruct to find a verdict for the defendant.
2. The law of a case, having been declared on a former hearing, will not be recapitulated in the syllabus.
3. Instructions set out in the opinion held to state the law correctly.
Error to district court, Saunders county; POST, Judge.
Action by Eliza Chollette against the Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad Company for personal injuries. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error. Affirmed.
This is the second appeal. For prior report, see 26 Neb. 159, 41 N. W. Rep. 1106.J. M. Thurston and W. R. Kelly, for plaintiff in error.
S. H. Sornborger, for defendant in error.
This case was before this court in 1889, and is reported in 26 Neb. 159, 41 N. W. Rep. 1106, the judgment of the court below being reversed. On the second trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant in error for the sum of $4,000, upon which judgment was rendered. The jury made special findings of fact, as follows: The testimony upon the principal questions involved is conflicting, and therefore proper to submit to a jury.
The plaintiffs in error complain of the instructions, which must be construed together. Those given by the court on its own motion are as follows: ...
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