Farley v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action under the so-called Federal Employers Liability Act to recover damages for causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate by negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Shumway, Jverdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $5,000, and appeal by the defendant. Error and new trial ordered.
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Action under the so-called Federal Employers Liability Act to recover damages for causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate by negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Shumway, Jverdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $5,000, and appeal by the defendant. Error and new trial ordered. The complaint alleges that John H. Bottomley, the plaintiff’s intestate, while acting in the performance of his duties as a locomotive engineer in the employment of the defendant, a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, met his death through the…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
The defendant assigns, as reasons of appeal, the failure of the trial court to instruct the jury as requested, certain instructions as given, rulings upon the admission of testimony, and the denial of motions in arrest of judgment and to set aside the verdict.
The first paragraph of the finding certifies that an annexed exhibit contains a correct statement of the evidence and rulings, and directs that such exhibit be printed as a part of the record. Here is a sufficient certification of the rulings for the purposes of the appeal from the denial of the motion to set aside the verdict.…
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- Kling v. TorelloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
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