Murray v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the defendant; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $500 damages, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The defendant also moved for a new trial upon the ground of a verdict against evidence, which motion the trial court denied.
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the defendant; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $500 damages, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The defendant also moved for a new trial upon the ground of a verdict against evidence, which motion the trial court denied. This action was brought against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company and the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. The…
1Opinion of the CourtAndeews, C. J.
The controlling question presented by the appeal in this case, arises on the charge of the court to the jury. That being disposed of, the other assignments of error become unimportant. And in the charge that question is narrowed to this: Was the court correct in saying to the jury that the servants of the Central Railroad Company while operating its trains on that portion of its track used in common by that company and this defendant, might, for the purposes of this case, be regarded as the servants of this defendant? A recurrence to the duties which the law imposes on every railroad company…
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