Case Name: FRANCIS v. RICHMOND & D. R. CO.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1897-11-06
Citations: 83 F. 1021
Docket Number: No. 195
Parties: FRANCIS v. RICHMOND & D. R. CO.
Judges: Before FULLER, Circuit Justice, GOFF, Circuit Judge, and BRAWLEY, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 83
Pages: 1021–1021

Head Matter:
FRANCIS v. RICHMOND & D. R. CO.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
November 6, 1897.)
No. 195.
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina.
A. C. Avery (Pritchard & Gudger on the brief), for plaintiff in error.
George F. Bason and Charles Price, for defendant in error.
Before FULLER, Circuit Justice, GOFF, Circuit Judge, and BRAWLEY, District Judge.

Opinion:
BRAWLEY, District Judge.
We do not find in the record in this case any testimony from which fair-minded men could justly conclude that the defendant company was guilty of negligence, and according to the principles which we have laid down in Patton v. Railway Co., 82 Fed. 979, a case heard at the same term, we are of opinion that there was no error in directing a verdict for the defendant. The judgment of the court below is affirmed.