Seeley v. Central Vermont Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1913, Chittenden County, Waterman, J., presiding.- Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case. That it is negligence per se to alight from a moving train is held by most of courts of last resort in this country. Means v. Central B. B. Go., 163 N. Y. 108; Brown v. N. Y. N. H. & H. B. B. Go., 181 Mass. 365; Werbowlslcy v. Fort Wayne etc.
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Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1913, Chittenden County, Waterman, J., presiding.- Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case. That it is negligence per se to alight from a moving train is held by most of courts of last resort in this country. Means v. Central B. B. Go., 163 N. Y. 108; Brown v. N. Y. N. H. & H. B. B. Go., 181 Mass. 365; Werbowlslcy v. Fort Wayne etc. Go., 86 Mich. 239; Newlin v. Iowa etc. Go., 127 Iowa 654; Whelan v. Georgia Midland etc. Go., 84 Ga. 506; Worthington v. G. V. By.…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, J.,
The plaintiff’s alleged injury occurred on the 29th day of January, 1912, at the defendant’s railway station *181in Jericho. On the evening of the accident the plaintiff took passage on defendant’s train at Jeffersonville bound for Jericho. She cárried a suit case, a box and a hand bag, which she had placed in the seat in front of her on entering the train. She had frequently ridden on the defendant’s train to and from Jericho and was familiar with the train and stations and was personally known to the conductor. Before entering the train she purchased a ticket for Jericho, which was…
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- Bagley v. MasonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1896
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