Griswold v. New York & New England Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by the plaintiff as administrator of the estate of Charles P. Griswold, for an injury to the intestate by the negligence of the defendant, a railroad company, which caused his death; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County.
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Action by the plaintiff as administrator of the estate of Charles P. Griswold, for an injury to the intestate by the negligence of the defendant, a railroad company, which caused his death; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The defendant demurred to the complaint, the demurrer was overruled, and the case heard in damages before Andrews, J. The following facts were found by the court: ■ The defendant is a common carrier of passengers by railway, having a railroad, the western division of which is a single track extending from Hartford through the towns of Plainville, Bristol,…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate, Charles P. Gris-wold, was a boy about seventeen, employed by the keeper-of a restaurant at the defendant’s station in Waterbury to sell sandwiches, fruits, &c., on all trains coming into Waterbury, having a free pass for that purpose between Hartford and Fishkill. His employment did not require him to travel as far east as Plainville, but his mother lived there, and he often went there to visit her. In July, 1883, he was at Plainville for this purpose, and boarded a train bound thence for Hartford in order to stop off at Clayton and look at the wreck of a train…
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- Jacobus v. St. Paul & Chicago Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1873
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- Mobile & Ohio Railroad v. HopkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1868
- Indiana Central Railway Co. v. MundyIndiana Supreme Court · 1863
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