Legal Opinion
Chaffee v. Old Colony R.R. Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 27, 1892PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Defendant’s petition for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtMatteson, C. J.
This is an action of the case brought under Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 204, §§ 15, 18. The plaintiff is the widow of William T. Chaffee, and sues to recover damages for his death, occasioned, as she alleges, by the negligence of the defendant.
On September 6, 1890, said William T. Chaffee was a passenger on the train Known as the Lowell train on the railroad of the defendant. He was on his way from Attleboro’, Mass., where he resided, to Providence. When Pawtucket was reached, Chaffee left the train, which stood upon the south-bound track, or track used by trains going southerly, and crossing the…
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- Perry v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
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