Ball v. Camden & Trenton Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.

The plaintiffs below, husband and wife, sued for damages arising from personal injuries sustained by the wife by reason of a collision between a carriage in which plaintiffs were riding, and a trolley car operated by defendant. The husband added a count for damages in his own right on account of loss of his wife’s companionship and services, and at the circuit a verdict of $1,500 damages was found in favor of the husband and $1,000 for the wife. A number of assignments of error are relied on, the most important of which are based on the…