Labelle v. Central Vermont Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1911, Windsor County, Fish, J., presiding. Verdict directed for the defendant, and judgment thereon. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Watson j J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff, a traveler on the public highway, when crossing defendant’s track at “Moore’s Crossing,” so-called, in the town of Hartford, this State.
*88At the close of the evidence defendant moved for a verdict on several grounds specified, among which was, that the plaintiff had not shown himself free from contributory negligence at the time of his injury. The plaintiff claimed the right to go to the jury on the ground of “last clear chance.” The court denied the plaintiff’s claim in this regard, and directed a…
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- Myers v. B. & O. R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- French v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1904
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