Johnson's Admr. v. Rutland Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action on the Statute to recover damages for the mother of a child killed by being struck by one of defendant’s engines at a public highway crossing. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1916, Rutland County, Fish, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
Hildur P. Johnson, a girl six years and nine months old, was struck and instantly killed by an engine attached to one of the defendant’s trains at a highway crossing in the city of Rutland on September 29, 1915. She was survived by her mother, for whose sole benefit, as next of kin, this action is brought. There was trial by jury, with verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. At the close of the evidence the defendant moved for a directed verdict on several grounds. In overruling the motion the court held that there was evidence for the jury, as substantive grounds of recovery, whether the…
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