Brennan v. Pennsylvania Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garretson, J.

The plaintiff sued to recover damages to his team of horses, wagon and harness, caused by their being struck by an engine of the defendant company at a highway crossing known as the Six Roads crossing, a short distance west of Rahway.

The jury gave a verdict against the defendant, which it by this rule seeks to set aside.

The action occurred January 17th, 1903, at about 5:30 p. M. It was dark or twilight. The plaintiff’s team was in *148charge of Harry Hunt, his colored driver, who was using it to haul sixty-foot poles from a place called…