Osgood v. Central Vermont Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case eor Negligence. Plea, the general issue. Heard on an agreed statement of facts at the June Term, 1904, Orange County, Rowell, J., presiding. Judgment, pro forma, for the plaintiff for $300 and costs. The defendant excepted.
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Case eor Negligence. Plea, the general issue. Heard on an agreed statement of facts at the June Term, 1904, Orange County, Rowell, J., presiding. Judgment, pro forma, for the plaintiff for $300 and costs. The defendant excepted. The agreed statement set forth the lease mentioned in the opinion; alleged that the car and engine were negligently run against the plaintiff’s shed by the servants of the defendant, while within the scope of their employment, that, if defendant was liable on the agreed statement, judgment should be rendered against it for $300 and costs; and that if defendant was not…
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, C. J.
The case is this. The defendant leased to the plaintiff for five years a piece of its roadway for a site for a coal and lumber shed, at an annual rent of fifteen dollars, payable in advance; in consideration of which the plaintiff agreed to pay said rent, and to indemnify and save harmless the defendant from all liability for loss, damage, or injury to himself, his property, servants, or agents while upon or about said premises, occasioned by fire or otherwise, resulting from the negligence of the defendant, its servants, agents, or in any other manner. The action is for negligently running…
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