Hood v. New York & New Haven Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
A new trial having been granted by this court, in the case of Hood v. The New York and New Haven Railroad Company, ante p. 1, the cause came on again for trial before the jury, at the term of the superior court for New Haven county, holden in January, 1853. Upon the trial to the jury, the plaintiff introduced in evidence the charter of the defendants, and the charter of the New Haven and Northampton Company, a railroad corporation, incorporated by the legislature of this…
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A new trial having been granted by this court, in the case of Hood v. The New York and New Haven Railroad Company, ante p. 1, the cause came on again for trial before the jury, at the term of the superior court for New Haven county, holden in January, 1853. Upon the trial to the jury, the plaintiff introduced in evidence the charter of the defendants, and the charter of the New Haven and Northampton Company, a railroad corporation, incorporated by the legislature of this state, for the purpose of constructing a railroad from the city of New Haven to the village of Plainville, in 1|he town of…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
This case was before the court at its last
session, when we granted a new trial, for a verdict against evidence. The question now presented,' was not then adjudicated, though it was alluded to, in the arguments of counsel, and in the opinion of the court, as one of great *508importance. There was another ground for granting the new trial, entirely satisfactory to the majority of the judges, and this was passed by. It is now distinctly presented for our judgment, and is the only question on the record.
After the fullest consideration, with the aid derived from the learned and able arguments at the…
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