Legal Opinion
Noonan v. Consolidated Traction Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 18, 1900PublishedCited by 4 opinions
On error to the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Van Syckel, J.
This is a suit for damages for personal injury received by the plaintiff in collision with a trolley car of defendant company while he was riding, by invitation and without hire, in a carriage owned and driven by Ralph Earle.
The trial j udge nonsuited the plaintiff by imputing to him the negligence of the driver.
This was error, as has been held in Consolidated Traction Co. v. Hoimark, recently decided by this court and reported in 31 Vroom 456. See, also, New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Co. v. Steinbrenner, 18 Id. 161.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Consolidated Traction Co. v. HoimarkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1897
3Cited by4 opinions
- Shultz v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Mumma v. Easton & Amboy RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1906
- Commercial Assurance Co. v. New Jersey Rubber Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1901
- Commercial Union Assurance Co. v. New Jersey Rubber Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1902