Lazelle v. Town of Newfane
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case under V.S. 2452 for damages to next of kin resulting from the death of the intestate caused by an insufficiency in the defendant’s highway. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1897, Windham County, Thompson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted.
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Case under V.S. 2452 for damages to next of kin resulting from the death of the intestate caused by an insufficiency in the defendant’s highway. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1897, Windham County, Thompson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The plaintiff excepted to the defendant’s being permitted to show the amount of property owned by the intestate and the next of kin, respectively, at the time of the former’s death; to the failure of the court to charge, that the jury might award damages for the loss of the society of the deceased; to the…
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
The plaintiff's evidence tended to show that the intestate was a widow and about seventy-nine years old; that she had suffered an injury to one hip many years before, which made her slightly lame; that she and her only son and child, Stillman H., lived in different tenements in the house situated upon a farm which they owned together; that her son was fifty-two years old, had a wife and two *443children, nine and fifteen years old, respectively; that her son and his wife were in good health; that the intestate did her own work and some work for her son’s family, such as sewing and mending, and…
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- Tilley v. . the Hudson River Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- McIntyre v. . New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Needham v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1865
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. ShannonIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- Legg v. BrittonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1890
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- Dorothy M. Walker, of the Estate of Ora A. Walker v. Firestone Tire & Rubber CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Brown, Admr. v. Perry, Jr.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1931
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