Mumma v. Easton & Amboy Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
In tort. On error to tlie Supreme Court. This was an action of tort brought in the Supreme Court by the plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, against the defendants in error, defendants below.
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In tort. On error to tlie Supreme Court. This was an action of tort brought in the Supreme Court by the plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, against the defendants in error, defendants below. The plaintiff, in his declaration, averred that on the 30th day of June, a. d. 1903, the defendants were the proprietors and operators of a certain railroad, with its equipment, in the township of Bethlehem, Hunterdon county; that a certain public highway crossed the railroad by an overhead bridge, near the village of Bloomsbury; that on the day aforesaid he was a passenger, riding in a carriage drawn by…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court (the foregoing statement of the case having been made) was delivered by
Green, J.
1. In our examination of the caso we are at once confronted by this portion of the judgment record: “That the jurors * * * went from the bar of the court to consider of their verdict * * * and after the said jurors had considered thereof and agreed among themselves, they returned to the said bar to give their verdict in this behalf, upon which the said Amos Mumma comes not, nor does he further prosecute his suit,” &c.
This entry would indicate that the. plaintiff below had suffered a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Newark Passenger Railway Co. v. BlockSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1893
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. BoggsIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Lamb v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Excelsior Electric Co. v. SweetSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1894
- Mitchell v. RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1898
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