Boston & Albany Railroad v. O'Reilly
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. In October, 1890, Patrick J. O’Reilly, in the Oircuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, brought an action against the Boston and Albany Railroad Company for personal injuries-received while riding as a passenger on one of that company’s trains.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. In October, 1890, Patrick J. O’Reilly, in the Oircuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, brought an action against the Boston and Albany Railroad Company for personal injuries-received while riding as a passenger on one of that company’s trains. The declaration contained three counts, alleging negligence on the part of the company in' respect to the condition of a certain truck attached to the tender of the engine which drew the train, in respect to the journal of the tender, and in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shieas
The first three specifications of error complain of the action of the court in permitting the plaintiff O’Reilly to testify as to what he had made out of his business for several years before the accident, and to give an estimate of how much he made annually by his own .individual exertion; and also, in view of the fact that he had sold the business, good will, and everything connected with the business before the accident occurred, to testify that when he so sold out he did it with the intention of continuing the business.
The first objection urged to the admission of this evidence is, that…
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