Stewart v. Barre & Montpelier Power & Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action op Tort for negligence. • Plea, tbe general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1919, Washington County, Fish, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMiles, J.
This is an action of tort to recover for an alleged injury caused by the negligence of the defendant. The injury was received while the plaintiff was riding on the defendant’s car in the city of Barre, and was caused by the fall of one of the company’s poles that supported one end of a span wire that extended across the track and street to another pole to which it was attached. The ear in which the plaintiff was riding at the time of the injury was a special double truck ear, having two trolley poles, and when in motion the trolley pole pointing in the direction the car was moving was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Burghardt v. Detroit United RailwayMichigan Supreme Court · 1919
- Howser v. Cumberland & Pennsylvania RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1894
- Houston v. Brush & CurtisSupreme Court of Vermont · 1894
- Desmarchier v. FrostSupreme Court of Vermont · 1917
- Hull v. Berkshire Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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