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· 12/4/1916

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Whitacre

Citations

  • 242 U.S. 169
  • 37 S. Ct. 33
  • 61 L. Ed. 228
  • 1916 U.S. LEXIS 1545

Syllabus

<p>In the absence of clear and palpable error,,this court will not disturb the concurrent findings of state trial and appellate courts upon the mere sufficiency of the evidence concerning negligence and assumption of risk in a case under the Employers’ Liability Act.</p> <p>Certain requests for instructions are here held rightly refused because of deficiencies in recitals of facts.</p>

Judges: Brandeis

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