Searles v. Elizabeth, Plainfield & Central Jersey Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hendrickson, J.

The plaintiffs in this case, who are husband and wife, brought suit against the defendant company for damages resulting from a collision between a carriage in which the wife was riding and the defendant’s trolley car. The carriage was overturned and the wife sustained severe bruises of the head, limbs and spinal column. The trial was had at the Union Circuit and the jury awarded as damages to the wife $12,000, and to the husband $3,000. A rule to show cause was allowed by the trial judge. The grounds relied on in the application for a…