Cobb v. Cumberland County Power & Light Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the case to recover damages caused by the alleged negligence of defendant company. Verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $775. Motion for new trial filed by defendant, and also exceptions to certain rulings of presiding Justice. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, C. J.
This is an action on the case brought to recover damages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while a passenger in an automobile operated by her husband, and struck by an electric car operated by servants of the defendant. A verdict for $775 was rendered in favor of the plaintiff and the case is before the Law Court on defendant’s motion and exceptions.
Motion.
The accident occurred about eleven o’clock in the evening of April 17, 1917, in the city of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb with five other passengers entered Congress Street, which runs in a general easterly and westerly…
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