Mingo v. Rhode Island Company

This case is reported in 41' R. I., 423. Subsequently it came on for-trial in the Superior Court and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. It appeared from the plaintiff’s testimony that two of the defendant’s trolley cars collided at a switch with such force, that one of them swung around and hit a coal truck which the plaintiff was driving, throwing him from his seat to the ground, thereby’ severely injuring him. The testimony introduced by the defendant only related to the nature and extent of the injuries sustained by the plaintiff. The defendant claimed as a result of the…