Raymond v. Portland Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions and motion by defendant. Action on the case for negligence to recover for personal injuries to the plaintiff while a passenger on one of the cars of the defendant, a street railway corporation. Tried at the October term, 1904, Supreme Judicial Court, Cumberland County.
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On exceptions and motion by defendant. Action on the case for negligence to recover for personal injuries to the plaintiff while a passenger on one of the cars of the defendant, a street railway corporation. Tried at the October term, 1904, Supreme Judicial Court, Cumberland County. Verdict for plaintiff for $969. Defendant excepted to a certain instruction given by the presiding Justice at the request of the plaintiff’s counsel, and also filed a general motion for a new trial. Exceptions sustained. Motion not considered. The case appears in the opinion. Memorandum. This case was argued at…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This is an action on the case for negligence to recover for personal injuries to the plaintiff while a passenger on one of the cars of the defendant, a street railway corporation. The case comes up on motion and exceptions. It was alleged in the plaintiff’s declaration and evidence was introduced by the plaintiff tending to show that the defendant’s car had been brought to a full stop near the tracks of a steam railroad, that the ear was started again while the plaintiff was in the act of alighting therefrom, and before she had liad sufficient and reasonable time to alight, whereby she was…
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- Village of Culbertson v. HollidayNebraska Supreme Court · 1897
- Rouse v. DownsCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1897
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