Buteau v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence brought to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s husband, George L. Buteau. The case was tried before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury. Upon the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence said justice granted the defendant’s motion for a nonsuit. The case is before us upon the plaintiff.’s exceptions to certain rulings of said justice made during said trial upon the admission and rejection of testimony and to the granting of a nonsuit.

The plaintiff’s husband was an engineer in the employ of the defendant. At…