Mahan v. Hines
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion for new trial by defendant. This is an action on the case for alleged negligence on the part of the defendant, under Chap. 87, Sec. 48 of the R. S., and the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $5000 in the Superior Court- in Penobscot County. Case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWilson, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate, somewhat under the influence of liquor, was riding on a passenger train on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad from Patten to Millinocket where it arrived about 9 P. M. He left his seat in the smoking car, when the train stopped *373by reason of a semaphore or block signal just outside the railroad yard and about a mile north of Millinocket station, and made his way to the vestibule in the rear of the smoking car. With the exception of the forward baggage car, it was what is known as a full vestibule train, and consisted, in addition to the engine and tender, of two…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad v. CooperIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
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