Emerson v. Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the case to recover damages on account of the alleged negligence of defendant Company. Defendant filed a plea of general issue and for brief statement set out; That at the April term, 1914, of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine, an action was entered in which the plaintiff, defendant and the cause of action were the same as in the present action; that on the ninth day of September term, 1914, said action was tried before a…
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Action on the case to recover damages on account of the alleged negligence of defendant Company. Defendant filed a plea of general issue and for brief statement set out; That at the April term, 1914, of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine, an action was entered in which the plaintiff, defendant and the cause of action were the same as in the present action; that on the ninth day of September term, 1914, said action was tried before a jury, and after the introduction of evidence by the plaintiff and defendant a verdict was returned by the jury for the…
1Opinion of the CourtMadigan, J.
The plaintiff having received an injury while alighting from a car of the defendant, on which she was a passenger, brought suit claiming that the car was started suddenly and carelessly, thereby throwing her to the ground. That action was tried and resulted in a verdict in favor of the defendant. This suit was then brought to recover for the same injury, the writ alleging that the defendant had dug a trench near the rail and left the same open, unguarded, and unlighted, so that the plaintiff in stepping from the car to the street fell into the trench. The presiding Justice, having ruled that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wildman v. WildmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
- McKnight v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Sargent & Co. v. New Haven Steamboat Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
- Van Buren v. WellsNew York Supreme Court · 1838
- Armstrong v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Beegan v. SchmidtSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- Department of Human Services v. LowatchieSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
- Pillsbury v. Kesslen Shoe Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1939
- Department of Human Services v. LowatchieSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990