Gardner v. New Haven & Northampton Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for an injury received by the plaintiff while travelling in the cars of the defendants, a railroad company; brought to the Superior Court. The case was heard in damages after demurrer overruled by Andrews, J., and the following facts found.
Read the full summary
Action to recover for an injury received by the plaintiff while travelling in the cars of the defendants, a railroad company; brought to the Superior Court. The case was heard in damages after demurrer overruled by Andrews, J., and the following facts found. The defendant is a common carrier of passengers and merchandise from Turner’s Falls, through the towns of Northampton and Westfield, in the state of Massachusetts, to New Haven, in Connecticut, having regular trains for passengers and other trains for the carriage of freight. On the 14th of October, 1881, John C. Avery bargained with the…
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for an injury received by him while upon the cars of the defendant, a railroad corporation and common carrier of freight and passengers.- The Superior Court, upon demurrer overruled and a hearing in damages, rendered judgment for the plaintiff to recover $1,000 damages. The defendant appeals, and the case is before this court upon that appeal. . .
Two reasons of appeal are assigned :—
1st. Because upon the facts found by the court the plaintiff was at the time of the accident a trespasser on one of the defendant’s freight trains,…
2Cited by14 opinions
- Purple v. Union Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- Vassor v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- Beers v. Boston & Albany RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. StoneSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. LeeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
9 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.