Crawford v. Maine Central Railroad
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for negligence. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the April term, 1910, of the superior court by Chamberlin, J. The ground upon which the action proceeded was that the defendants negligently failed to maintain their station at Jefferson Junction in a suitable condition for the accommodation of waiting passengers, and that the plaintiff’s intestate, while a passenger, suffered unnecessary exposure to the weather by reason of such negligence,…
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Case, for negligence. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the April term, 1910, of the superior court by Chamberlin, J. The ground upon which the action proceeded was that the defendants negligently failed to maintain their station at Jefferson Junction in a suitable condition for the accommodation of waiting passengers, and that the plaintiff’s intestate, while a passenger, suffered unnecessary exposure to the weather by reason of such negligence, and contracted a severe cold which caused her death. The defendants’ motions for a nonsuit and the direction of a…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
The defendants admit their duty to provide suitable stations and other facilities for the accommodation of the public (P. S., c. 159, s. 1) and their liability for injury resulting to a passenger from the negligent performance of this duty. Boothby v. Railway, 66 N. H. 342. They do not contend that upon the evidence it could not be found that Mrs. Crawford, the plaintiff’s intestate, contracted a cold at the time alleged, or that from the •condition of the station at Jefferson Junction she suffered more or less exposure on that day, or that there was evidence that such exposure might have…
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