Ham v. Maine Central Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion and exception. This is an action on the case to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff resulting from a collision of an automobile in which plaintiff was a passenger, with a train of defendant company at the Western Avenue crossing, so called, in the town of Fairfield, on July 18, 1920. The cause was tried to a jury at the April Term, 1921, of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Somerset, and a verdict of $2,750 was returned for the…
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On motion and exception. This is an action on the case to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff resulting from a collision of an automobile in which plaintiff was a passenger, with a train of defendant company at the Western Avenue crossing, so called, in the town of Fairfield, on July 18, 1920. The cause was tried to a jury at the April Term, 1921, of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Somerset, and a verdict of $2,750 was returned for the plaintiff. The defendant filed a general motion for a new trial, and also took an exception to the refusal of the presiding…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, C. J.
The plaintiff was injured in a grade crossing collisioh at Western Avenue in the Village of Fairfield on Sunday, July 18, 1920. He recovered a verdict of $2,750. The case is before the Law Court on defendant’s exception to the refusal of the presiding Justice to direct a verdict in its favor, and also upon a general motion to set aside the verdict rendered by the jury. The exception and motion therefore raise a single question, and that is the duty of the court to set aside the verdict under the evidence.
The locus may be briefly described as follows: Western Avenue runs east and west and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Daniels v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- McDonald v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Cowles v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
- Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. TiltonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1887
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