Buckley v. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion and exceptions by defendant. This is an action on the case to recover for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant, in the transportation of the plaintiff as a passenger. The defendant claims that the plaintiff, at the time he received his injuries, was traveling gratuitously on a freight train of defendant. Plea, general issue, with brief statement.
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On motion and exceptions by defendant. This is an action on the case to recover for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant, in the transportation of the plaintiff as a passenger. The defendant claims that the plaintiff, at the time he received his injuries, was traveling gratuitously on a freight train of defendant. Plea, general issue, with brief statement. To the refusal of the presiding Justice to direct a verdict for the defendant, the defendant excepted. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff of $600.00, and the defendant filed a motion for a new…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
Case to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff while traveling on the defendant’s railroad, February 8, 1913. The verdict was for the plaintiff. To a refusal of the presiding Justice to direct a verdict for the defendant, the defendant excepted. It also filed a motion for a new trial. As the same questions arise under the exceptions as under the motion for a new trial, they will be considered together.
The essential facts are not in dispute. The plaintiff was employed by one Smith as caretaker of five cars of potatoes shipped by the latter from Mars Hill in this State to Boston,…
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