Zoubra v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence. The case is here on the plaintiff’s exception to the decision of a justice of the superior court sustaining the defendant’s demurrer to the declaration.

The declaration contains three counts. It is alleged in each count that defendant operated a railroad and maintained a freight yard known as the Valley Falls yard in the town of Cumberland in this state; that such yard abutted in part on McLaughlin avenue in said town; and that defendant operated trams of cars in the yard and also stored them there temporarily when they were not in use.…