Ackerley v. Pennsylvania R.R. Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wells, J.

These two cases arose out of a collision between a train and an automobile at a public crossing in Ocean County. They were consolidated for trial at the Ocean Circuit and are combined in one record here.

Motions for nonsuits and fox directed verdicts in favor of the defendant were denied by the trial judge and the questions involved were submitted to the jury for determination. The jury rendered verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs in both cases, and these appeals are from the judgments entered thereon.

At the conclusion of the plaintiffs’ case…