Morhart v. North Jersey Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Supreme Court. This case was tried at May Term, 1899, of the Union Circuit Court, before Mr. Justice Van Syckel and a jury, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff for $2,500.
1Opinion of the Court
*237The opinion of the court was delivered by
Magie, Chief Justice.
The action in which the judgment complained of -was entered was brought by defendant in error to recover damages for the death of one Charles Morliart, his son and intestate.
The evidence contained in the bills of exception discloses that deceased, when returning from work, riding upon ■ a ■bicycle in the public highway, was thrown therefrom by reason of a hose stretched across the road by the servants of the defendant company and used to convey water from a hydrant at the side of the road to a tank-car standing on the ear track at…
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