Wood v. Central Vermont Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by-jury at the June Term, Windsor County, Slack, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the ease.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
The defendant relies upon its exception to the overruling of its motion for a verdict. But a certified copy of the evidence and the proceedings of the trial, including the charge, is made a part of the bill of exceptions, on the motion for a directed verdict, and on the exceptions to the charge, numbered 1, 2, and 5, respectively, and is made to control. It appears therefrom that after its motion for a verdict was overruled and exception taken, the defendant introduced the testimony of two important witnesses touching the condition of the crossing in question at the time of the accident, and…
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