Legal Opinion
Batton v. Public Service Corp.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 2, 1908PublishedCited by 15 opinions
On error to the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tkencíiakd, J.
This writ of error brings under review a judgment entered in the Supreme Court upon a nonsuit at the Camden Circuit.
The plaintiff is the administrator of his deceased wife, Laura Batton, and brought suit under the Death act (Gen. Stal., p. 1188) to recover for the pecuniary injury resulting to the next of kin from the death of the wife, alleged to have been caused by a fall from a trolley car negligently operated by the defendant, the Public Service Corporation of New J ersey.
The learned trial judge nonsuited the plaintiff upon the…
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- Beauchamp v. Saginaw Mining Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1883
- Sullivan v. . Tioga R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Newark & South Orange Railroad v. McCannSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1896
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