Lyon v. Rhode Island Company
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass on the Case for negligence. Heard on exceptions of defendant and sustained.
1Opinion of the CourtParkhurst, J.
This is an action of trespass on the case .brought by Harry Lyon against the Rhode Island Company to recover damages for injuries received by him on the 24th ■day of July, 1911, through a car of the defendant running into .his buggy, thereby throwing him out onto the ground. The case was tried before a justice of the Superior Court and a .jury in December, 1914, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $3,000. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial for the usual reasons, which motion was denied by the trial justice. Thereupon, it took the required procedure to bring its…
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