Legal Opinion
Havens v. R.I. Suburban Railway Company
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 24, 1904PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Trespass on the Case for negligence.
1Opinion of the CourtTillinghast, J.
This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence, and is brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, on the 22d day of October, 1900, by reason of a collision between a car of the defendant and a car of the Union Railway Company. The collision occurred about nine o’clock, P. M., near to the “Royal Mill’s switch,” so-called, upon the highway at Riverpoint, in the town of Warwick.
The collision was occasioned in this way, viz.: The car of the defendant, upon which the plaintiff was serving as conduc tor, was run by the turnout, at said switch (at which it should…
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