Johnson v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by the plaintiff. This is an action on the case against the defendant company as a common carrier to recover damages occasioned by the alleged negligent delay in transporting a car of strawberries from the defendant’s freight yard in South Boston, Massachusetts, to Auburn, Maine.
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On exceptions by the plaintiff. This is an action on the case against the defendant company as a common carrier to recover damages occasioned by the alleged negligent delay in transporting a car of strawberries from the defendant’s freight yard in South Boston, Massachusetts, to Auburn, Maine. At the conclusion of the evidence, the presiding Justice ordered a verdict for the defendant with an agreement on the part of the defendants that if this order is overruled, the Law Court may enter judgment for the plaintiffs for the sum of $233.17. To this order of verdict for defendants, the…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
Case for damages occasioned by alleged negligent delay in transportation of a car of strawberries from the defendant’s *265freight yard in South Bostón, Massachusetts, to Auburn, Maine. The case comes before us on exceptions to an order of a verdict for the defendant, with a stipulation that if the exceptions are sustained and the order overruled, the Law Court is to enter judgment for the plaintiff.
Upon exceptions to an order of nonsuit or of verdict for the-defendant, the duty of the court is simply to determine whether, upon the evidence, under the rules of law, the jury could properly have…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. CarlSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. KirbySupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Peet v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1866
- Marshall v. New York Central Rail RoadNew York Supreme Court · 1866
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- Barrett v. GreenallSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1942
- Blanchard v. BassSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1958
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