Reagan v. Manchester Street Railway
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for personal injuries' resulting from a collision with the defendants’ car. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the January term, 1903, of the superior court by Pike, J. The cause of the collision was alleged to be negligence in running the car at excessive speed and failure to exercise care to avoid injury to the plaintiff after discovering him in a place of danger.
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Case, for personal injuries' resulting from a collision with the defendants’ car. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the January term, 1903, of the superior court by Pike, J. The cause of the collision was alleged to be negligence in running the car at excessive speed and failure to exercise care to avoid injury to the plaintiff after discovering him in a place of danger. The plaintiff introduced evidence that the defendants habitually ran their cars past the place of collision at a high rate of speed. A witness who had been employed as a motorman by the defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
The answer objected to was not incompetent merely because irresponsive. Glauber Mfg. Co. v. Voter, 70 N. H. 332, 333. If the answer had some tendency to support the plaintiff’s contention that the defendants habitually ran their cars past the place of collision at a high rate of speed, it could not be excluded for that reason. Smith v. Railroad, 70 N. H. 53, 82; Davis v. Railroad, 68 N. H. 247, 248, 249. If the objection was that the particular piece of evidence was too remote, the question, if raised, was one determinable by the superior court. Proctor v. Freezer Co., 70 N. H. 3, 4; Nutter…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Nutter v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1881
- Davis v. Concord & Montreal RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1894
- Smith v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1899
- Rogers v. KenrickSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1885
- Proctor v. White Mountain Freezer Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1899
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