Haggard v. Louisville C. & L. R. Co.
Haggard v. Louisville C. & L. R. Co.
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
In this case a motion for a nonsuit was sustained by the court below and the record has been brought to this court without all the -evidence. We know of no precedent that will authorize this court to, review the judgment below upon the testimony without having all the evidence embodied in the bill of exceptions. It may be argued that there is some testimony on the part of the plaintiff conducing to show negligence, and while there is, his own witness shows that there were not too many cars attached to the engine.
The pins fastening the cars together seem to have been such as were in ordinary use, and there is no proof to show that the company or any of its agents knew that the metal was defective. The only proof conducing to establish neglect is the statement of the appellant himself that the number of cars exceeded the number authorized by the schedule to be attached to one engine,
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