French v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for personal injuries. Plea, not guilty. ■ Trial by jury at the October Term, 1903, Essex County, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.
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Case for personal injuries. Plea, not guilty. ■ Trial by jury at the October Term, 1903, Essex County, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The plaintiff testified that on the day of the accident, in going along the highway to his work after dinner, he came to a point where defendant’s tracks crossed said highway at grade level; that this crossing is made up of eight separate tracks; that he started over this crossing and, after passing several trades, found further progress blocked by defendant’s train which extended several cars each side of…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
The action is for the recovery of damages alleged to have accrued to the plaintiff by reason of being struck 'by an engine while attempting to cross the defendant’s railroad track. The defendant requested the court to instruct the jury, '“that on all the evidence in the case the plaintiff is not entitled to recover.” This is, in effect, a motion for a verdict, and sufficiently states the ground of the motion; and, by excepting to the refusal of the court to' comply with the request, the defendant has reserved for the consideration of this Court the •question of whether, upon the most…
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