Johnson v. Bennington & North Adams Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for negligence, Bennington County, December Term, 1912, Fish,, J., presiding. Heard on demurrer and motion to dismiss by one defendant, and on motion to dismiss by the other. Demurrer overruled and motions to dismiss denied. Both defendants excepted. Cause passed to Supreme Court before trial on merits. The only designation in the declaration of any defendant is “said defendant,” or “this defendant.” In other respects the opinion sufficiently states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, J.
The Bennington & North Adams Street Railway Company and the Bennington & Hoosiek Valley Railway Company are named in the writ as parties defendant, and are set up as corporations organzied, existing and doing business under the laws of this State. The suit is brought to recover damages for a personal injury received in the operation of an electric railway running between the villages of Bennington and Hoosiek Falls. The declaration charges "the said defendant” with the ownership, management and operation of this railway, without otherwise designating the defendant. The officer’s return shows…
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