Cameron v. Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath Street Railway
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion by defendant. Action on the case brought by the plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of her husband, Lewis Cameron, to recover damages sustained by her said husband while a passenger on one of the defendant’s street cars on lower Washington Street, Bath, caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant, and which said injuries subsequently resulted in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. Plea, the general issue.
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On motion by defendant. Action on the case brought by the plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of her husband, Lewis Cameron, to recover damages sustained by her said husband while a passenger on one of the defendant’s street cars on lower Washington Street, Bath, caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant, and which said injuries subsequently resulted in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. Plea, the general issue. The declaration in the plaintiff’s writ was as follows: "In a plea of the case, for that the defendant is, and on the third day of July, 1906, was a corporation…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This case involves an action for damages by the plaintiff, as administratrix, for injuries received by her husband while riding as a passenger upon the defendant’s car on lower Washington street in the City of Bath alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence.
The facts show that the plaintiff’s intestate boarded an open car *485going northerly toward Bath in the early evening. At first he sat upon one of the rear seats. He sat for a minute or so, then, while the car was in motion, stepped to the running board on the pole side of the car, for the apparent purpose of taking a seat…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- North Chicago Street Railroad v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Ferren v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Powers v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Mason v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- West Chicago Street Railroad v. MarksIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lange v. GouletSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1949