Aldrich v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
Tort for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1915, Caledonia County, Stanton, J., presiding. Yerdict for plaintiff. Defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.'
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover the value of a certain mare, sixteen years old, that was killed by being struck by defendant’s locomotive engine a little past one o’clock in the morning of May 29, 1915. The place of the accident is about one-fourth of a mile -south of what is known as the Welch crossing in the town of St. Johnsbury; and this crossing is just north of the Fair Ground, and about a mile south of defendant’s passenger station in that town. From St. Johnsbury south to the town of Barnet the main public highway is on the westerly side of the railroad. From this highway there is a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Beardslee v. Columbia TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Dyson v. New York & New England RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1888
- Smith v. Central Vermont Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1907
- Harwood's Admx. v. Bennington & Rutland Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1895
- Quimby v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1899
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- Leland v. Leonard.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1921
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