Boileau v. Williams

The plaintiff was a passenger in a bus of the Connecticut Company which had stopped opposite his house to permit him to alight, and while he was engaged in paying his fare the bus was struck in the rear by a car operated by the defendant Williams. As a result of the collision he was thrown to the floor of the bus and injured. He brought suit against Williams and the Connecticut Company and recovered a verdict against both. Both defendants appeal from the refusal of the trial court to set aside the verdict, and the Connecticut Company also appeals on the ground of claimed errors in the charge…