Lanning v. Trenton & Mercer County Traction Corp.

This suit was brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation for injuries received by Mrs. Banning while a passenger' in a car of the defendant company, for the expenses incurred pv her husband in the treatment of her injuries, and also compensation for the loss of her services and society ,as a .wife. The jury found that the injuries which Mrs. Lanning ,has sustained- were the direct result of the negligence of the defendant’s motorman in the operation of the e^r, and awarded her $2,500 as compensation. - At the same time they returned a verdict of no cap.se of action as to the claim of…