Johnston v. New York & Long Branch Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fobt, J.

This was a joint action by a husband and wife for injuries to the wife, and for loss of her services to the *422husband and for injuries to the husband personally, all arising out of the same accident. This joinder of parties and claims in one suit is sustained in Ackerman v. North Jersey Street Railway Co., ante p. 369.

The case is here on rule to show cause, and numerous reasons are alleged for making the rule absolute. A careful examination of. all the grounds fails to sustain any of them. The plaintiffs were riding in their carriage upon a…