Murray v. New Jersey Railroad & Transportation Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This was an action on the case, by the plaintiff, for negligence in the management of the ferry of the defendants, by means whereof the plaintiff was injured and lost one of her limbs. The defendants applied for a change of venue, on the ground that a fair trial could not be had in the county of Hudson, where the venue was laid.
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This was an action on the case, by the plaintiff, for negligence in the management of the ferry of the defendants, by means whereof the plaintiff was injured and lost one of her limbs. The defendants applied for a change of venue, on the ground that a fair trial could not be had in the county of Hudson, where the venue was laid. The defendants read affidavits to show that a controversy existed between the board of freeholders of Hudson county and the defendants respecting the right of the freeholders to regulate the tolls on the ferry in question, and that, in the opinion of deponents, there…
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, C. J.
A motion is made, on behalf of the defendants, to change the venue in this cause, on the ground that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county of Hudson, where the venue is. laid. The action is brought to recover *64damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff in crossing the ferry from Jersey City to New York, by reason of the alleged carelessness and mismanagement of the defendants in conducting the ferry. The affidavits produced in support of the motion show—
1. The fact that a controversy is now depending between the defendants, who are the lessees of the ferry, and the board…
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