Clark v. Smith
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action on the case in two counts brought by Reuben Clark, Administrator of Sarah Clark’s estate, to recover for an injury to his intestate which resulted in her death. One count was founded on Y. S. 2117, and the other on Y. S. 2151 and 2152. Plea, general issue. Trial by jury. Bennington County, June Term, 1899, Mwnson, J., presiding. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants excepted.
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Action on the case in two counts brought by Reuben Clark, Administrator of Sarah Clark’s estate, to recover for an injury to his intestate which resulted in her death. One count was founded on Y. S. 2117, and the other on Y. S. 2151 and 2152. Plea, general issue. Trial by jury. Bennington County, June Term, 1899, Mwnson, J., presiding. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants excepted. The case, so far as it was material to the decision, is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTaet, C. J.
The plaintiff claimed that his intestate was a passenger on the defendant’s train from Brattleboro to Londonderry ; that when the train reached Jamaica, orders were given for the passengers to change cars ; that the intestate arose from her seat for that purpose and stood in ornear the door of the ■car ; that the train had stopped, and was then so suddenly started and again stopped, that in consequence, she was thrown through the door to the ground and so injured that she died two days «iter. The testimony of all the witnesses tended to show that the train had stopped at the time of the…
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