Canadian Pac. Ry. Co. v. Clark
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Vermont. This was an action toy Samuel O. Clark against the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for personal injuries, and for damage to plaintiff's horse and sleigh. There was a verdict for plaintiff, and, defendant’s motion for a new trial having been denied (69 Eed. 543), it brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error by the defendant in the court below to review a judgment for the plaintiff entered upon the verdict of a jury. The action was brought to recover for personal injuries to the plaintiff, and the destruction of Ms horse and sleigh, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. While driving over the railroad of the defendant at a highway crossing in the town of Richford, Vt, he was struck by the locomotive of the defendant’s express train, which was coming from the north. The railroad, at the crossing, consisted of a main track,…
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