Trenton Passenger Railway Co. v. Cooper

*220The opinion of the court was delivered by

Collins, J.

These two causes were argued together, upon identical bills of exceptions and assignments of error, the original actions having been tried together in the Mercer Circuit.

The actions were based upon alleged negligence in the lawful operation, by means of electricity, of a street railway in the city of Trenton. In such operation an electric current was conducted through rails laid on the street, the ends of the rails being fastened together with metallic ties by a process called in the declaration and testimony “ bonding.” The negligence…