Barney v. Hudson and Manhattan R.R. Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

These appeals bring up for review judgments entered in the District Court of the city of Bayonne in favor of the plaintiifs-respondents (hereinafter called the plaintiff), and against the defendant-appellant (hereinafter called the defendant).

In the first action the plaintiff, Anna K. Barney, a minor seventeen years old, sues to recover for personal injuries sus tamed while a passenger on one of defendant’s trains at or near the Journal Square Station, Jersey City. She sustained a fracture of the small bone of the middle and fourth fingers…