Whittemore v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for wrongfully ejecting the plaintiff from a train. This is the same case reported 76 N. H. 388, and ante, 61. Upon this trial, at the October term, 1913, of the superior court, there was a verdict for the plaintiff. At the beginning of the trial and again after the verdict, the defendants made a motion for judgment, which was denied by Plummer, J., subject to exception.
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Case, for wrongfully ejecting the plaintiff from a train. This is the same case reported 76 N. H. 388, and ante, 61. Upon this trial, at the October term, 1913, of the superior court, there was a verdict for the plaintiff. At the beginning of the trial and again after the verdict, the defendants made a motion for judgment, which was denied by Plummer, J., subject to exception. The ground of the motion was that upon the facts reported upon the first transfer and claimed to exist at the present trial, a judgment for the plaintiff would be in violation of the federal interstate commerce law.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
In Whittemore v. Railroad, ante, 61, 62, the court said in reference to the former decision, that if it “involved the determination of a federal question, the defendants no doubt can preserve their rights and have the question reviewed in the federal court; but questions once decided in this court are not reexamined in the same case upon a subsequent transfer. Kidd v. Trust Co., 75 N. H. 154, 158.” No additional reasons are now presented for a reconsideration of the federal question suggested, or for a modification of the opinion given on the first transfer, as reported in 76 N. H. 388. Nor…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hedding v. GallagherSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1903
- Kidd v. New York Security & Trust Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1909
- Whittemore v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1912