Beerman v. Union R. R. Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass on the Case for negligence. Heard on petition of plaintiff for new trial, and petition denied.
1Opinion of the CourtEogers, J.
This is the plaintiff’s petition for a new trial after a nonsuit in an action on the case for negligence growing out of a collision between the plaintiff’s carriage and the defendant’s electric car at the corner of Camp and Lippitt streets in the city of Providence.
The evidence showed that on July 28, 1899, the plaintiff lived on Lippitt street a little west of Camp street, and but a short distance from the place of the accident, with which location and the running of the defendant’s cars he was thoroughly acquainted, having been in the habit of driving over the same at frequent intervals;…
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