Legal Opinion

Central Railroad v. Smalley

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided November 15, 1897PublishedCited by 13 opinions

On error to the Supreme Court.

1Opinion of the Court

*278The opinion of the court was delivered by

Adams, J.

This writ of error brings up a judgment rendered in the Supreme Court upon a verdict for the plaintiff in the Somerset Circuit. It is necessary to notice only the assignment of error that is directed against the refusal to nonsuit the plaintiff for contributory negligence.

The evidence on behalf of the plaintiff presented this case: On the 11th day of January, 1893, at a few minutes past noon, the plaintiff was driving a one-horse sleigh, with bells, in a northerly direction, along Vosseller avenue, in Bound Brook, toward a crossing of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Newark Passenger Railway Co. v. BlockSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1893
  2. West Jersey Railroad v. EwanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1893
  3. Buttelli v. Jersey City, Hoboken & Rutherford Electric Railway Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1896

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Cathcart v. Oregon-Washington R. & N. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Blackburn v. Southern Pacific Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Carter v. Central Vermont RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1900
  4. Dickinson v. Erie RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1911
  5. New York, S. & W. R. v. ThiererCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913

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