Wickkiser v. Lehigh & Hudson River Railway Co.

Henry, P. J.,

52nd judicial district, specially presiding,

— The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for injuries suffered by being thrown from a runaway team, claimed to have been caused by the negligent action of the defendant in permitting steam to escape from its locomotive at the station at Phillipsburg, New Jersey. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $3750. The defendant has moved for judgment non obstante veredicto.

The plaintiff was an employee of an express company, and, as such, was delivering and receiving goods from the train to which the engine in…