MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement of facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
This is quite a simple case, although counsel on both sides have exhibited very great industry in presenting in their briefs in the greatest detail the substance of all the evidence that was given upon the trial.
After the evidence was in a motion was made on the part of the defendant company that the jury should be instructed to find a verdict for the defendant...
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