Denis v. Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath Street Railway Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motions by defendant. Two actions on the case to recover damages for personal and property injuries sustained by the plaintiff Joseph Denis and for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff Josephine Denis, caused by a collision of their team, in which they were riding, with a street car of the defendant company at the junction of Main and Pettengill streets in Lewiston. The plaintiffs are husband and wife.
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On motions by defendant. Two actions on the case to recover damages for personal and property injuries sustained by the plaintiff Joseph Denis and for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff Josephine Denis, caused by a collision of their team, in which they were riding, with a street car of the defendant company at the junction of Main and Pettengill streets in Lewiston. The plaintiffs are husband and wife. Tried together at the September term, 1907, of the Supreme Judicial Court, Androscoggin County. Plea, the general issue in each action. Verdict for plaintiff husband for $299.…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
The plaintiffs in these two actions are husband and wife, and each recovered a verdict for injuries received from a collision of their team with the defendant’s car at the junctions of Main and Pettengill streets in Lewiston. The two cases arose from the same state of facts and were tried together upon the same evidence. They come to the Law Court on motions to have the verdicts set aside as against the evidence.
The following uncontroverted facts appeared in evidence.
The plaintiffs resided in Auburn, and on thé evening of March 4, 1907, with their little daughter, six years of age, rode over…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shultz v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
3Cited by6 opinions
- Wilson v. Puget Sound Electric RailwayWashington Supreme Court · 1909
- Gregware v. PoliquinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1937
- Partridge v. Boston & M. R.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1910
- Bardshar v. Seattle Electric Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1913
- Bedell v. Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1935
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