Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Converse
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the circuit court of the united states for the DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice IIarlan
The object of this action is to recover damages for injuries, in person and property, alleged to have been sustained by the defendant in error (who was the plaintiif below) in consequence of the negligent manner in which the cars of the plaintiff in error were .operated on the occasion when such injuries were received. The jury returned a verdict against the railroad company for $11,000. That amount being regarded by the court as excessive, the plaintiff remitted all of it except seven thousand five hundred dollars; and judgment was entered for the latter sum.
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