Moore v. Central Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This cause was tried at the Somerset circuit, before Justice Nevius, and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff for two thousand dollars damages. The action was for injuries received by the plaintiff, who was a stage driver, by being run over by the cars of the defendants while driving his stage upon a public turnpike, where the same was crossed by the road of the defendants. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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This cause was tried at the Somerset circuit, before Justice Nevius, and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff for two thousand dollars damages. The action was for injuries received by the plaintiff, who was a stage driver, by being run over by the cars of the defendants while driving his stage upon a public turnpike, where the same was crossed by the road of the defendants. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. The defendants obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had.
1Opinion of the CourtOgden, J.
The issue joined in this cause was tried by a jury before Justice Nevius, at a Circuit Court in Somerset county, in December, 1851, and a verdict was rendered for two thousand dollars damages.
The plaintiff was the driver of a stage, plying daily between New Brunswick and Somerville. In making the trip' up, on the 29th of March, 1850, with one passenger in his carriage, he came in collision with a locomotive and train of the defendants, which was also passing towards Somerville, whereby he was thrown from his carriage, and was much bruised and hurt; and the present action was instituted to…
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