Curran v. Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion by defendant. Motion sustained, unless the plaintiff within thirty days from the certification of this case, shall file a remittitur of the verdict in excess of $500.00. This action is to recover for injuries which resulted in the immediate death of plaintiff’s intestate, a girl eight years of age, by being struck by defendant’s car on the 20th day of July, 1913, on Lisbon Street, in the city of Lewiston, in the county of Androscoggin.
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On motion by defendant. Motion sustained, unless the plaintiff within thirty days from the certification of this case, shall file a remittitur of the verdict in excess of $500.00. This action is to recover for injuries which resulted in the immediate death of plaintiff’s intestate, a girl eight years of age, by being struck by defendant’s car on the 20th day of July, 1913, on Lisbon Street, in the city of Lewiston, in the county of Androscoggin. This action was brought under Chap. 27, Public Laws of 1913. The plea was the general issue. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This is- -a motion by the defendant; for a new trial. The -j ury found for the plaintiff in the- sum of 81811.00.
• The. action'was.to recover- for-injmies which resulted in the immediate death-of the plaintiff’s .intestate, eight years of-age, and is brought by the plaintiff as administrator for the benefit of her surviving father and mother. The evidence shows that -the decedent, who was with other children in the street, ran ahead of her-companions, walked directly toward the track, crossed the outer rail and remained standing on-the.track, looking-toward the other children, with-…
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