Libby v. Maine Central Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion. This was an action on the case by the plaintiff, a postal clerk and route agent, to recover damages received by the negligence of the defendant.
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On motion. This was an action on the case by the plaintiff, a postal clerk and route agent, to recover damages received by the negligence of the defendant. The second count in the writ alleges as follows: "Also for that the defendant on the 10th day of June, A. D., 1889, was the owner of a railroad extending from the city of Portland in the county of Cumberland to the town of Skowhegan in Somerset county, by the way of the city of Lewiston, in Androscoggin county and the town of Oakland in Kennebec county, and the defendant on said 10th day of June, was running a train over said railroad…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
This is an action to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the alleged negligence of the defendant corporation, in the construction and maintenance of a culvert upon the line of its road at Crowell’s Brook, between North Belgrade and Oakland. Negligence is also alleged on the part of the defendant in the inspection of its road and roadbed in that vicinity ; and that in consequence of the negligence and carelessness of the defendant, on the tenth day of June, 1889, the culvert at the place named together with a portion of the defendant’s road-bed was washed out,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bowen v. . New York Central Railroad Company.New York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. PomeroyTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Tuller v. TalbotIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
- Simmons v. New Bedford, Vineyard & Nantucket Steamboat Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
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